in reply to Group 2d array

use strict; use warnings; my %thingy; while (<DATA>) { chomp; my ($index,$value) = split; push @{$thingy{$index}}, $value; } for (sort keys %thingy) { print "$_ ", join('-',@{$thingy{$_}}), "\n"; } __DATA__ 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 4 3 4 6

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)