#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my $wanted_type = q{hyper}; my %data_capture = (); while () { my @fields = split; if ($fields[2] eq $wanted_type) { push @{$data_capture{$fields[0]}}, $fields[3]; } } for my $key (keys %data_capture) { print $key, q{-->(}, join(q{, }, @{$data_capture{$key}}), qq{)\n}; } __DATA__ alligator-n amphibian_reptile event sleep-v alligator-n amphibian_reptile event swim-v alligator-n amphibian_reptile event walk-v alligator-n amphibian_reptile hyper animal-n alligator-n amphibian_reptile hyper beast-n alligator-n amphibian_reptile hyper carnivore-n alligator-n amphibian_reptile mero foot-n alligator-n amphibian_reptile mero jaw-n #### $ pm_array_of_arrays.pl alligator-n-->(animal-n, beast-n, carnivore-n) #### if ($fields[2] eq $wanted_type) { if (! exists $data_capture{$fields[0]}) { $data_capture{$fields[0]} = []; } push @{$data_capture{$fields[0]}}, $fields[3]; }