#! perl -slw use strict; ## substitute for <> in 3 places to test for( 1 .. <> ) { my %h; for( 1 .. <> ) { $h{ $_->[0] } = $_->[1] for [ split ' ', <> ]; } my $score = 0; /\+/ and ++$score or --$score for values %h; print $score; } __DATA__ 3 4 tilak + tilak + tilak - tilak + 3 ratna + shashi - ratna - 3 bhavani - bhavani + bhavani -