G'day ataX,

Here's another technique. Note how I've simplified data such that the solution predominates.

Script (pm_example.pl):

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my %data = qw{a 1 b 2 c 3 d 4 e 5 f 6 g 7 h 8 i 9};
my $N = $ARGV[0];
my $i = 0;
my %work; 
$work{(($i += 1) % $N) + 1}{$_} = $data{$_} for keys %data;

use Data::Dump;
dd \%work;

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Some sample runs:

$ pm_example.pl 2
{
  1 => { a => 1, b => 2, f => 6, i => 9 },
  2 => { c => 3, d => 4, e => 5, g => 7, h => 8 },
}

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$ pm_example.pl 3
{
  1 => { c => 3, d => 4, e => 5 },
  2 => { b => 2, h => 8, i => 9 },
  3 => { a => 1, f => 6, g => 7 },
}

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$ pm_example.pl 4
{
  1 => { d => 4, g => 7 },
  2 => { a => 1, e => 5, i => 9 },
  3 => { c => 3, h => 8 },
  4 => { b => 2, f => 6 },
}

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-- Ken

In reply to Re: How can I split a hash into other N hashes by kcott
in thread How can I split a hash into other N hashes by ataX

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