#! /usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my %hash = ('a1', '2', '3', '4');
my @arr = %hash;
print $arr[0];
Here you can get the actual sequence of keys in ur hash by printing all the
even indexe elements of the array
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> From: Sudarshan Raghavan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 6:09 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Returning the first key in a hash...
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> Hamish Whittal wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a hash and want to return the first key in the hash. How can I do
> >this?
> >
>
> The answer is (keys (%your_hash))[0]. This will return the first element
> in the list of hash keys returned by keys. But, you can never be sure of
> the order in which the keys will be retrieved. If you are worried about
> the order, take a look at the Tie::IxHash module.
>
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Hamish
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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