@in = (
  [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 ],
  [ 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 ],
  # ...
);
##</code><code>##

@in = (
  { user => 'Fighter2', id => 936570, xp => 34, writeups => 11, ... },
);

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl

#Initialization
my @in=(
        [...],
        [...],
       );
my $MaxAgc0 = "1.15503129132678e-005"; # MaxAgc0 is a constant

#Interpolation
if (@in) {
    for my $i (0..$#in)
    {
        my $ptr = $in[$i]; # convenience.

        # we don't need the first item to be a count of sectors anymore.
        # we also don't need this loop at all.
        #for my $j (0..$#$ptr)
        #{
            # so we also reduce the numbers here.
            my $num = $ptr->[11] * $MaxAgc0;
            push @Attn, $num / $ptr->[9];
        #}
    }

    for my $i (0..$#in)
    {
        push @powers, ($in[$i][$_] - $Attn[$i])/100 for (1..8);
    }
} else { # @in is empty
    print "\n No data to map for Panda machine. Check if input logfile is empty";
    kill;
}

##</code><code>##

(
 {
    attn => 5, # attenuation?
    agc  => 6, # the MaxAgc0 multiplier
    sectors => [ all the sectors for this data point in this array ],
    # etc.
  },
  # repeat for each item.
)

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl

#Initialization
my @in=(
        {...},
        {...},
       );
my $MaxAgc0 = "1.15503129132678e-005"; # MaxAgc0 is a constant

use List::MoreUtils qw(pairwise);

#Interpolation
if (@in) {
    my @Attn = map {
        my $num = $_->{agc} * $MaxAgc0;

        $num / $_->{attn};
    } @in;

    @powers = pairwise {
        [ map { ( $a->{sectors}[$_] - $b ) / 100 } for @{$a->{sectors}} ]
    } @in, @Attn;
} else { # @in is empty
    print "\n No data to map for Panda machine. Check if input logfile is empty";
    kill;
}

##</code><code>##

#Initialization
my @in=(
        {...},
        {...},
       );
my $MaxAgc0 = "1.15503129132678e-005"; # MaxAgc0 is a constant

#Interpolation
if (@in) {
    @powers = map {
        my $attn = $_->{agc} * $MaxAgc0 / $_->{attn};
        [ map { ( $_->{sectors}[$_] - $attn ) / 100 } for @{$_->{sectors}} ]
    } @in;
} else { # @in is empty
    print "\n No data to map for Panda machine. Check if input logfile is empty";
    kill;
}