use strict; use warnings; use Switch; my %house = ('CC' => 'My Name', 'AB' => 'AB Name', 'CD' => 'My friend', 'EF' => 'Who?'); foreach my $person (keys %house) { print "$person: "; switch($person) { case 'AB' { print "Mine!\n" } case 'CC' { print "Yours!\n" } case 'CD' { print "Friend!\n" } case %house { print "in house, but don't know him!\n" } else { print "I don't know what to do!\n" } } }