%step = ( 20 => 1, 50+1 => -1 ); #### my %step; foreach(@range) { $step{ $_->[0] }++; $step{ $_->[1]+1 }--; } #### my @edge = sort { $a <=> $b } keys %step; my $step = 0; my $x = shift @edge; for(my $i = $x; defined $x; $i++) { if($i == $x) { $step += $step{$x}; $x = shift @edge; } $arr[$i] += $step; } #### @arr = (0) x 120; @range = ([20, 50], [30, 100]); #### 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0