On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:20:26 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lets say you're looking for "34567" so
my $what_i_am_looking_for = "34567"; # LOOP THROUGH IT foreach $value (sort {$coins{$a} cmp $coins{$b} } keys %coins) { next unless $value == $what_i_am_looking_for; print "<$value---> $coins{$value}>\n"; } HTH Martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/