On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:58:05 -0400, John Porter wrote: > keys %hash = @things; > >is defined as being equivalent to > > @hash{ @things } = (); Two more details to think about: %hash = ( b => 'beta', d => 'delta' ); keys %hash = qw(a b c); What happens to the values that were in %hash before? IMO, 'd' would be removed, because it's not in the hash keys any more; but 'b'? Should it's value be wiped, or remain what it was? I think it should be preserved. -- Bart.Thread Previous | Thread Next