#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my %categories = ("FUR-BO 10001798" => 'Furniture',
                  "FUR-CH 10000454" => [ 'Furniture' , 'Chairs'],
                  "OFF-LA 10000240" => [ 'Office Supplies' , 'Labels',
                                        'Office SuppliesA' , 'Labels',
                                        'Office SuppliesB' , 'Labels',
                                        'Office SuppliesC' , 'Labels',
                                        'Office SuppliesD' , 'Labels',
                  ],
                  "OFF-ST 10000107" => [ 'Office Supplies' , 'Storage'
+],
                  "OFF-AR 10003056" => [ 'Office Supplies' , 'Art'],
                  "TEC-PH 10001949" => 'Technology Phones',
                );
my @items = ('Furniture',
'Furniture,Chairs',
'Technology Phones',
'Office Supplies,Storage',
'Office Supplies,Art',
'Office Supplies,Labels',
   map {"Office Supplies$_,Labels"}  'A'..'D'
 );

Search(split /,/,$_) for @items;
exit 0;

sub Search{
     my (@search_words) = @_;
     print "Searching for @search_words ...\n";
     my @category = ();
     
     foreach my $categorycode (keys(%categories)) {
         if(ref(my $carray = $categories{$categorycode}) eq 'ARRAY' ){
+ 
            for (my $idx=0; $idx < $#$carray; $idx +=2){
                my @current = @$carray[$idx,$idx+1];
                if ( $#current == $#search_words
                     and join ("", @current) eq join ("",@search_words
+)){
                    push @category, $categorycode;
                }
            }
            next;
         }
         if(my $reftype = ref($categories{$categorycode})){
             die "ERROR: Unxpected type: $reftype for item $categoryco
+de";
         }

         if( $categories{$categorycode} eq $search_words[0]  and @sear
+ch_words ==1) {
             push(@category, $categorycode);
         }
     }
     
     print join(", ", @category) . "\n";
}
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