Thanks to tobyink for pointing me in the Graph direction I have found a simple solution:
use Graph; my @AoA = ( [11,29, 10,25], [15,35, 11,29], [15,15, 11,21], [10,25, 11,21], [15,35, 21,39], [25,40, 21,39], [21,11, 25,10], [15,15, 21,11], [35,35, 29,39], [29,39, 25,40], [35,15, 29,11], [25,10, 29,11], [40,25, 39,29], [35,35, 39,29], [39,21, 40,25], [35,15, 39,21], [61,29, 60,25], [60,25, 61,21], ); my $graph = Graph::Undirected->new; for my $pair (@AoA) { my ($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2) = @$pair; $graph->add_edge("$x1,$y1", "$x2,$y2"); } my @lines = $graph->connected_components(); for my $line (@lines) { print "@$line\n"; } # Result 35,15 39,21 40,25 39,29 35,35 29,39 25,40 21,39 15,35 11,29 10,25 11,2 +1 15,15 21,11 25,10 29,11 61,21 60,25 61,29

In reply to Re: Combine line segments to form a single line by bangor
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