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Perl Associative Arrays

• Names begin with %

• Literals are delimited by parentheses

      %hi_temps = ("Monday"  => 77,
                   "Tuesday" => 79,...);
  

• Subscripting is done using braces and keys

      $hi_temps{"Wednesday"} = 83;
  

• Elements can be removed with delete

      delete $hi_temps{"Tuesday"};