for my $datum (map {[++$sortKey, "$_->[0],$_->[1]", @$_]} @data) { if (exists $sums{$datum->[1]}) { $sums{$datum->[1]}[$_] += $datum->[$_] for 4 .. $#$datum; } else { $sums{$datum->[1]} = $datum; } } my @result = map {[@{$_}[2 .. $#$_]]} sort {$a->[0] cmp $b->[0]} values %sums;