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From: sylvank@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Sylvan Katz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: assoc array
Keywords: assoc array, keys, order
Message-ID: <5102@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 14 May 91 14:55:06 GMT
Organization: University of Sussex
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I have an application which requires that I initialize an associative
array for counting purposes:

EG:

	%matrix = ('A',0,'AA',0,'B',0,'BB',0);

However, when I examine the order of the array elements with

	foreach $key (keys %matrix) { print "$key ";}

I find order is

	BB A B AA 

Any suggestions on how I can PRESERVE the initial order (it is
imperative for my applications) ?

Sylvan
sylvank@syma.sussex.ac.uk