On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:12:33 -0800, Bruce Van Allen wrote: >[ NOTE: Too bad we can't do this: > keys %test = ($a, $b, $c, $d); ] You can do this: @test{$a, $b, $c, $d} = (); but that will make the value of all those keys undef (false). You must test presence of a key in the hash with exist(). -- Bart. # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org