$interval = ; #a number, typically on the order of 500 %HoHoA = ( 'I' => { $a => [4,10,200,6000,7000,7100], $b => [75,350,5900,6402,7110], $c => [0,95,5990,6450] }, 'II' => { $a => [lots of numbers], $b => [lots of numbers], $c => [lots of numbers] }, 'III' => { $a => [lots of numbers], $b => [lots of numbers], $c => [lots of numbers] } );