An associative array, called a hash, is an unordered list of key/value pairs, indexed by strings. : Hash Definition « Hash « Perl






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An associative array, called a hash, is an unordered list of key/value pairs, indexed by strings.

    

#The name of the hash is preceded by a "%" symbol. 

%employee =  (
   "Name"      => "AA",
   "Phone"     => "(999) 555-1234",
   "Position"  => "CEO"
);

print $employee{"Name"};  
$employee{"SSN"}="999-333-2345";








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