#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %hash = ( red => 2, pink => 1, orange => 4, black => 3, blue => 4 ); my %reverse; while ( my ($k, $v) = each %hash ) { push( @{$reverse{$v}}, $k ) } my @highest = @{ @reverse{ ( sort { $b <=> $a } keys %reverse )[0] } }; print join(', ', @highest), $/;