#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @keys = qw(one two three); my %hash = ( four => 4, five => 5, six => 6); print "@keys\n"; if (@hash{@keys}) { print "yep\n"; } else { print "nope\n"; } push @keys, 'four'; print "@keys\n"; if (@hash{@keys}) { print "yep\n"; } else { print "nope\n"; } @keys = qw(one two three); unshift @keys,'four'; print "@keys\n"; if (@hash{@keys}) { print "yep\n"; } else { print "nope\n"; }