At 01:45 AM Sunday 4/28/02, Dovalle wrote: >How can I add an element to existing hash? Suppose your hash is constructed: %animals = ("dog" => "snoopy", "cat" => "garfield", "pig" => "porky"); and you want to add one more, like so: $animals{"Belushi"} = "John"; keith cache at dowebscentral.com