There's probably a better solution to this, but the coffee isn't holding out for my brain right now:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my %hash = (
red => 2,
pink => 1,
orange => 4,
black => 3,
blue => 4
);
my %reverse;
while ( my ($k, $v) = each %hash ) {
push( @{$reverse{$v}}, $k )
}
my @highest = @{ @reverse{
( sort { $b <=> $a } keys %reverse )[0]
} };
print join(', ', @highest), $/;
If you also need to know the value of the keys that have the highest value, here's a little rewrite that also makes the whole operation look simpler:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my %hash = (
red => 2,
pink => 1,
orange => 4,
black => 3,
blue => 4
);
my %reverse;
while ( my ($k, $v) = each %hash ) {
push( @{$reverse{$v}}, $k )
}
my $high_val = ( sort { $b <=> $a } keys %reverse )[0];
my @highest = @{ $reverse{$high_val} };
print "highest value: $high_val\n",
"keys with this value: ", join(', ', @highest), "\n";
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