programming-examples/perl/Hash/Delete from hash.pl

#!C:/Perl/Bin

%animals = (H=> 'h', S=> 's', G=> 'g');

print "$animals{'S'} \n\n";

foreach $creature(keys %animals)
{
     print "$creature \n";
}

print "\n\ndeleting...\n\n";

delete($animals{Shark});

foreach $creature(keys %animals)
{
     print "$creature \n";
}

print "\n\n'emptying' the hash ...\n\n";

%animals=();
print "Displaying empty hash ...\n\n";

foreach $creature(keys %animals)
{
     print "$creature \n";
}