#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %couples = ( george => 'gracie', abbot => 'costello', johnson => 'boswell', ); my( $key, $val ); # scalar context - return keys one at a time $key = each %couples; print "$key : $couples{$key}\n"; $key = each %couples; print "$key : $couples{$key}\n"; $key = each %couples; print "$key : $couples{$key}\n"; # reset each's internal iterator $key = each %couples; # list context while ( ($key, $val) = each %couples ) { print "$key - $val\n"; }