use strict; my %hash; while(){ chomp; last if $_ =~ /^q$/i; # quit if 'q' is entered if(exists $hash{$_}){ # exists, so increment $hash{$_}++; } else{ # doesn't exist, so set to 1 $hash{$_} = 1; } } my @array = sort keys %hash; # let's make the output sorted... foreach(@array){ print "$_ : $hash{$_}\n"; } #### map{$a=1-$_/10;map{$d=$a;$e=$b=$_/20-2;map{($d,$e)=(2*$d*$e+$a,$e**2 -$d**2+$b);$c=$d**2+$e**2>4?$d=8:_}1..50;print$c}0..59;print$/}0..20