use strict; use warnings; my %spelling_of = ( 1 => 'one', 2 => 'two', 3 => 'three', ); my @integers = (1, 2); foreach my $key (sort keys %spelling_of) { push @integers, $spelling_of{ $key }; } printf qq(%s\n), join q(, ), @integers; @integers = (3, 4, 5); my $spelling_href = \%spelling_of; foreach my $key (sort keys %$spelling_href) { push @integers, $spelling_href->{ $key }; } printf qq(%s\n), join q(, ), @integers; #### 1, 2, one, two, three 3, 4, 5, one, two, three #### use strict; use warnings; my %spelling_of = ( 1 => 'one', 2 => 'two', 3 => 'three', ); my @integers = (1, 2); my @spellings = (); foreach my $integer (@integers) { my $spelling = $spelling_of{ $integer }; push @spellings, (defined( $spelling ) ? $spelling : q(?)); } printf qq(%s => %s\n), join( q(, ), @integers), join( q(, ), @spellings), ; @integers = (3, 4, 5); @spellings = (); my $spelling_href = \%spelling_of; foreach my $integer (@integers) { my $spelling = $spelling_href->{ $integer }; push @spellings, (defined( $spelling ) ? $spelling : q(?)); } printf qq(%s => %s\n), join( q(, ), @integers), join( q(, ), @spellings), ; __END__