use strict;
use warnings;

my %hash;
my @interfaceSampleAliases = (
	"AFGHD_NORTH",      "NORTHERN_IIDID_IPV123",
	"IDL_SOUTH",        "IDL_SOUTH_IUID",
	"SOUTHERN_IND_IPV", "IDL_NORTH_IPV",
	"IDL_ABDGJF"
);

chomp( my @iniFileData = <DATA> );

initInterfaceAliasHash( \%hash, \@iniFileData );

for my $interface (@interfaceSampleAliases) {
	if ( my $key = findInterfaceAlias( \%hash, \$interface ) ) {
		print "'$interface' matches key: $key\n";
	}
	else {
		print "'$interface': No match\n";
	}
}

sub initInterfaceAliasHash {
	my ( $hashRef, $iniFileDataRef ) = @_;
	my $i = 1;

	for (@$iniFileDataRef) {
		my @ands;
		my ( $key, $val ) = split /=/;
		my @ors = split /\|\|/, $val;

		for my $or (@ors) {
			push @ands, join '', map { "(?=.*\\b\Q$_\E\\b)" } split /,/, $or;
		}

		$$hashRef{ $i++ }{$key} = join '|', map { "(?:$_)" } @ands;
	}
}

sub findInterfaceAlias {
	my ( $hashRef, $interfaceAliasRef ) = @_;
	my $lastMatch = 0;

	my $interfaceAlias = $$interfaceAliasRef;
	$interfaceAlias =~ s/_/ /g;

	for my $key1 ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %$hashRef ) {
		my $key2 = ( keys $$hashRef{$key1} )[0];
		$lastMatch = $key1
		  if $interfaceAlias =~ /$$hashRef{$key1}{$key2}/
		  and $key1 > $lastMatch;
	}

	return ( keys $$hashRef{$lastMatch} )[0] if $lastMatch;
}

__DATA__
MANAGEMENT=IDL||CIDL
NORTH_IPV=IDL,NORTHERN||VIDL,NORTH||IDL,NORTH
SOUTH_IPV=IDL,SOUTHERN||CIDL,SOUTH||IDL,SOUTH


##</code><code>##

'AFGHD_NORTH': No match
'NORTHERN_IIDID_IPV123': No match
'IDL_SOUTH' matches key: SOUTH_IPV
'IDL_SOUTH_IUID' matches key: SOUTH_IPV
'SOUTHERN_IND_IPV': No match
'IDL_NORTH_IPV' matches key: NORTH_IPV
'IDL_ABDGJF' matches key: MANAGEMENT

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = {
          '1' => {
                   'MANAGEMENT' => '(?:(?=.*\\bIDL\\b))|(?:(?=.*\\bCIDL\\b))'
                 },
          '3' => {
                   'SOUTH_IPV' => '(?:(?=.*\\bIDL\\b)(?=.*\\bSOUTHERN\\b))|(?:(?=.*\\bCIDL\\b)(?=.*\\bSOUTH\\b))|(?:(?=.*\\bIDL\\b)(?=.*\\bSOUTH\\b))'
                 },
          '2' => {
                   'NORTH_IPV' => '(?:(?=.*\\bIDL\\b)(?=.*\\bNORTHERN\\b))|(?:(?=.*\\bVIDL\\b)(?=.*\\bNORTH\\b))|(?:(?=.*\\bIDL\\b)(?=.*\\bNORTH\\b))'
                 }
        };