#!/usr/bin/perl { package Set::Select; use strict; use warnings; sub new { my ($class, $args, @sets) = @_; my $attr; $attr = $args->{key} if (ref $args eq 'HASH' and exists $args->{key}); my $self; for my $i (0..$#sets) { for my $elem (@{$sets[$i]}) { my $key = defined $attr && ref $elem eq 'HASH' ? $elem->{$attr} : $elem; $self->{$key}->[1] //= $elem; $self->{$key}->[0] //= '0' x @sets; vec($self->{$key}->[0], $i, 8) = 0x31; } } bless $self, $class; } sub select { my ($self, $bits) = @_; return [map { $self->{$_}->[1] } grep { $self->{$_}->[0] =~ $bits } keys %$self]; } } package main; use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $x = Set::Select->new({}, [1, 3, 5, 7], [2, 3, 6, 7], [4, 5, 6, 7]); print Dumper $x->select($_) for qw/100 101 111 10. ... /; my $y = Set::Select->new({key => 'id' }, [{id => 1, value => 1}, {id => 3, value => 1}, {id => 5, value => 1}, {id => 7, value => 1}], [{id => 2, value => 2}, {id => 3, value => 2}, {id => 6, value => 2}, {id => 7, value => 2}], [{id => 4, value => 3}, {id => 5, value => 3}, {id => 6, value => 3}, {id => 7, value => 3}], ); print Dumper $y->select($_) for qw/100 101 111 10. ... /;