in reply to Re^3: Combine line segments to form a single line
in thread Combine line segments to form a single line

> Unfortunately it only works when the line segments represent a complete cycle

Nope!

You just have to handle the case that $next becomes undef and leave the loop.

The problem I rather see is to choose a starting point!

Simplest solution: you choose one arbitrary edge and walk in both directions.

Since %neighbour is symmetric this shouldn't be a problem, just swap the orientation of the start segment.

I'm on mobile and I want you to understand the algorithm...so no code. :)

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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