>>>>> "JD" == Jatin Davey <jasho...@cisco.com> writes:
JD> #!/usr/bin/perl JD> use warnings; JD> use strict; very good to see those. JD> my @english = qw(january february march april may june july); JD> my @french = qw(janvier fverier mars avril mai juin juily); JD> my %months; JD> my $eng_ref; JD> my $fre_ref; JD> $eng_ref = \...@english; JD> $fre_ref = \...@french; no need for that. you can assign the refs directly into the hash. JD> $months{english} = $eng_ref; JD> $months{french} = $fre_ref; JD> for (keys %months) { that is assigning each key to $_. you never use $_. so this will loop TWO times as there are two keys. JD> print "Months in english : @{$months{english}} \n"; JD> print "Months in french : @{$months{french}} \n"; so both lines get printed twice. what you want is more likely this: foreach my $month (keys %months) { print "Months in $month : @{$months{$month}}\n"; } uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/