my %G01totals = ( '01' => 0, '02' => 0, '03' => 0, '04' => 0, '05' => 0, '06' => 0, '07' => 0, '08' => 0, '09' => 0, '10' => 0, '11' => 0, '12' => 0, '13' => 0, '14' => 0, '15' => 0, '16' => 0, '17' => 0, '18' => 0, '19' => 0, '20' => 0, '21' => 0, ); #### my %G01totals = map { sprintf( q{%02d}, $_ ) => 0 } 1 .. 21;