my @res; my $i = 0; while( $i < $#id ) { ++$i until defined $id[ $i ]; my $id = $id[ $i ]; my $start = $i; ++$i while defined( $id[ $i ] ) and $id[ $i ] == $id; my $end = $i - 1; push @res, [ int2dhm( $start ), int2dhm( $end ), $tally[ $start ] ]; }