#!perl use strict; my $numClips=15; my @types = ("Menu", "Audio", "Video", "Snacks"); my @answer = ("Yes", "No", "N/A"); my (%file, %counttype, %yes, %no); ## Generate some random data for our test: for (0..$numClips-1) { $file{$_}{FILETYPE} = @types[rand(@types)]; $file{$_}{VOICEOVER} = @answer[rand(@answer)]; } pop(@types); ## Remove "Snacks" for our test my $types = join('|', @types); ## Or just hardcode the above as: $types = "Menu|Audio" etc... ## The main magic: for my $clipnum (0..$numClips-1) { if ($file{$clipnum}{FILETYPE} =~ /^($types)$/o) { $counttype{$1}++; $file{$clipnum}{VOICEOVER} eq "No" ? $no{$1}++ : $yes{$1}++; } } print "Results:\n"; for $a (sort keys %counttype) { print "$a: $counttype{$a}\n"; print " Yes: $yes{$a}\n"; print " No: $no{$a}\n"; }