my (@dates, %msc_sequences, %date_totals); ; # skip first line while( ) { chomp; # use variable names as clearer than hash futher down my ($msc_name, $chunum, $date, $count_per_date) = split /\s*,\s*/; push @dates, $date; $date_totals{$date} += $count_per_date; $msc_sequences{$msc_name}->{$date} = $count_per_date; } print join(',', 'MSC_name', @dates) . "\n"; foreach my $msc_name (keys %msc_sequences) { my %tmp = %{$msc_sequences{$msc_name}}; print join(',', $msc_name, @tmp{@dates}) . "\n"; } print join(',', 'Total_cf_produced', @date_totals{@dates}) . "\n";