use strict; use warnings; my $order = 0; my %names = (); while( ) { my( $name, $value ) = split; $names{ $name }->{ order } = ++ $order unless exists $names{ $name }; push @{ $names{ $name }->{ values } }, $value; } print do { local $" = q{,}; qq{$_ @{ $names{ $_ }->{ values } }\n}; } for sort { $names{ $a }->{ order } <=> $names{ $b }->{ order } } keys %names; __END__ jim 14 john 23 ernest 38 matilda 43 jim 34 ernest 27 john 44 matilda 22 #### jim 14,34 john 23,44 ernest 38,27 matilda 43,22