use strict; use warnings; use List::AllUtils qw/minmax/; my @points = ( [3.70722,0.54617,], [3.67342,0.64892,], [3.75017,0.85075,], [3.82831,0.83506,], [3.71852,0.79251,], [3.80706,0.70426,], [3.91839,0.94094,], [3.90726,0.81722,], [3.89007,0.76107,], [3.98006,0.62477,], ); my $bins; my $binside = 0.1; my ($xmin,$xmax) = minmax( map { $_->[0] } @points ); my ($ymin,$ymax) = minmax( map { $_->[1] } @points ); for( my $xbin=$xmin ; $xbin<=$xmax ; $xbin+= $binside) { for(my $ybin=$ymin ; $ybin<=$ymax ; $ybin+= $binside) { my $p = $points[0]; if( $p->[0] >= $xbin && $p->[0] < $xbin + $binside && $p->[1] >= $ybin && $p->[1] < $ybin + $binside ) { $bins->{$xbin.$ybin} = [] unless($bins->{$xbin.$ybin}); push @{ $bins->{$xbin.$ybin} } , (shift @points); }; } } print scalar(keys(%$bins)); 4