use strict; use warnings; my %teamStats; my @paramNames = ('points', 'tallies', 'scores', 'metrics'); while () { chomp; my ($team, @params) = split /\s+/; next if @params < 4; # Populate new hash using a hash slice my %newParams; @newParams{@paramNames} = @params; push @{$teamStats{$team}}, \%newParams; } foreach my $team (keys %teamStats) { print "\n\nTeam:\t$team\n"; print "\t", join ("\t", @paramNames), "\n"; for my $game (@{$teamStats{$team}}) { # Hash slice to the rescue again print "\t", join ("\t", @$game{@paramNames}), "\n"; } } __DATA__ packers 4 40 400 4000 patriots 6 62 436 3987 colts 8 74 892 7666 bears 9 88 912 9550 packers 3 44 410 4200 patriots 7 66 510 3800 colts 10 77 910 7000 bears 11 88 1010 9410