my %out; my %index; my $precision = 10; for my $val (@array) { my $rounded = $precision*(int($val/$precision)); die "Too many duplicates" if exists $index{$rounded} and $index{$rounded} == $precision; my $timestamp = $rounded + $index{$rounded}++; $out{$timestamp} = { One => 1, Two => 1 }; } pp \%out; __END__ { 1000 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1001 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1002 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1010 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1011 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1012 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1020 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1021 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, 1022 => { One => 1, Two => 1 }, }