I guess I should've posted more of the code because I
must not have been clear on my question but I'll
try again.
What I need to do is something like:

if (users input)$loc = a specific key in %locs then
return the associated value of that key from %locs.

here is the original post restored as best I can remember:
Please see below for elaboration

based on user input and on the specific key from %locs
that the user input matches; how do I pull specific
values associated with those keys from %locs.
%locs = 
(one => '\d$\stuff,
two => '\d$\things,
three => '\d$\files')

%servers = 
{kwn => "\\server1"
krs => "\\server2"}
    
my $server = <STDIN>;
chomp $server;

my $loc = <STDIN>;
chomp $loc;

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