A hash of arrays of arrays seems to fit the bill:

#! perl -slw use strict; use Data::Dump qw[ pp ]; my %data; while( <DATA> ) { my @bits = split; push @{ $data{ pop @bits } }, \@bits; } pp \%data; __DATA__ AsmA_2 PF13502 220 A0KIJ1 AsmA_2 PF13502 220 A0KIJ1 DUF490 PF04357 379 A1AJD0 Pfam-B_5656 PB005656 259 A1AJD0 STN PF07660 52 T2MWK7 Secretin_N_2 PF07655 98 T2MZK3 Pfam-B_2175 PB002175 114 T2MVV9 Secretin_N PF03958 82 U2ZRR1 Pfam-B_1479 PB001479 704 U2ZRR1 Pfam-B_2175 PB002175 114 U2ZRR1

Gives:

[16:26:56.39] C:\test>junk56 { A0KIJ1 => [ ["AsmA_2", "PF13502", 220], ["AsmA_2", "PF13502", 220] ], A1AJD0 => [ ["DUF490", "PF04357", 379], ["Pfam-B_5656", "PB005656", 259] ], T2MVV9 => [ ["Pfam-B_2175", "PB002175", 114] ], T2MWK7 => [ ["STN", "PF07660", 52] ], T2MZK3 => [ ["Secretin_N_2", "PF07655", 98] ], U2ZRR1 => [ ["Secretin_N", "PF03958", 82], ["Pfam-B_1479", "PB001479", 704], ["Pfam-B_2175", "PB002175", 114], ], }

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In reply to Re: What data structure must I use for this problem? by BrowserUk
in thread What data structure must I use for this problem? by Anonymous Monk

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