Dear friends,
somewhere in my code I construct a HoA, based on the following snippet:
my %HoA_total_hits=();

while(<>)
{
  my @split_hit_total = split(/\s+/, $hit_total);
  my $pfam_ac_hit = $split_hit_total[1];
  my $protein_ac = $split_hit_total[3];
  my $iEvalue = $split_hit_total[12];
  my $seq_start = $split_hit_total[19];
  my $seq_end = $split_hit_total[20];

  my $range_b=$seq_start.'-'.$seq_end;
  push @{ $HoA_total_hits{$protein_ac} }, $range_b;
}

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My question is, assuming I have more than one hits for the same $protein_ac, how would I go in order to add in the HoA only one range, the one that has the lowest $iEvalue? Somehow I must compare the $iEvalue of all hits for the same $protein_ac (if more than one) and keep only one of them.
Thank you!

In reply to How can I add an entry in a has of arrays based on numeric comparison? by Anonymous Monk

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