#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $table={}; while(my $line=){ chop $line; my ($name,$date,$time,$value)=split(/[\s]+/,$line); my $key = $date . "-" . $time; if ( ! defined($table->{$key}) { $table->{$key}={ name => '', min => 99999999, max => 0 }; } $table->{$key}->{min} = $value if $value < $table->{$key}->{min} $table->{$key}->{max} = $value if $value > $table -> {$key}->{max} } foreach my $key (sort keys %$table){ my ($date,$time) = split("-",$key); printf "Date: %s Time: %s max = %d min = %d\n",$date,$time, $table->{$key}->{max}, $table->{$key}->{min}; } exit(0); __END__ fred 9/1/2011 15:00:00 50 mary 9/1/2011 15:00:00 0 john 9/1/2011 15:00:00 16