#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @rangecolors = ( { range => [ 1e-99, 1e-90 ], color => 'orange' }, { range => [ 1e-90, 1e-80 ], color => 'gold' }, { range => [ 1e-80, 1e-70 ], color => 'yellow' }, { range => [ 1e-70, 1e-60 ], color => 'chartreuse' }, { range => [ 1e-60, 1e-50 ], color => 'green' }, { range => [ 1e-50, 1e-40 ], color => 'turquoise' }, { range => [ 1e-40, 1e-30 ], color => 'navy blue' }, { range => [ 1e-30, 1e-20 ], color => 'lavender' }, { range => [ 1e-20, 1e-10 ], color => 'purple' }, { range => [ 1e-10, 1 ], color => 'grey' }, ); foreach (@rangecolors) { print "Between ", $_->{range}[0], " and ", $_->{range}[1], " we want ", $_->{color}, "\n"; }