# Hash Assignment # In this case, a # 1 : 1 relationship # key => value my %StateName = ( AK => 'Alaska', AL => 'Alabama', AR => 'Arkansas', AZ => 'Arizona', CA => 'California', CO => 'Colorado', CT => 'Connecticut', DC => 'District Of Columbia', DE => 'Delaware', FL => 'Florida', GA => 'Georgia', HI => 'Hawaii', IA => 'Iowa', ID => 'Idaho', IL => 'Illinois', IN => 'Indiana', KS => 'Kansas', KY => 'Kentucky', LA => 'Louisiana', MA => 'Massachusetts', MD => 'Maryland', ME => 'Maine', MI => 'Michigan', MN => 'Minnesota', MO => 'Missouri', MS => 'Mississippi', MT => 'Montana', NC => 'North Carolina', ND => 'North Dakota', NE => 'Nebraska', NH => 'New Hampshire', NJ => 'New Jersey', NM => 'New Mexico', NV => 'Nevada', NY => 'New York', OH => 'Ohio', OK => 'Oklahoma', OR => 'Oregon', PA => 'Pennsylvania', RI => 'Rhode Island', SC => 'South Carolina', SD => 'South Dakota', TN => 'Tennessee', TX => 'Texas', UT => 'Utah', VA => 'Virginia', VT => 'Vermont', WA => 'Washington', WI => 'Wisconsin', WV => 'West Virginia', WY => 'Wyoming' ); my $href = \%StateName; # reference to the hash %StateName print Dumper $href; # note the order will differ from that above print "\n";