#!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; use Data::Dumper; my $roomtype; my $dim; my $count; my %output; while () { chomp; # If the first character of the input is a letter, then we're on a new # room type if (/^[a-zA-Z]+/) { $roomtype = $_; $dim = undef; } else { $dim = join('_', split / /); } if (defined($roomtype) && defined($dim)) { my $room = $roomtype . '_' . $dim; if (defined($output{$room})) { my $cur = $output{$room}; $cur++; $output{$room} = $cur; } else { $output{$room} = 1; } } } my $data = Data::Dumper->new([\%output], [qw/*output/]); print $data->Dump; __DATA__ office 1 120 120 120 120 140 135 155 135 120 120 bedroom 2 100 75 100 75 120 180