use strict;
use warnings;
use List::Util qw/first/;

my (@list);
push @list, {type=>'A',time=>1000};
push @list, {type=>'A',time=>1002};
push @list, {type=>'B',time=>1004};
push @list, {type=>'B',time=>1006};
push @list, {type=>'A',time=>1008};
push @list, {type=>'B',time=>1009};

my $ea = first { $_->{type} eq 'A' } @list;
my $eb = first { $_->{type} eq 'B' && $_->{time} >= $ea->{time} } @lis
+t;

printf "A %d B %d Diff %d\n", $ea->{time},$eb->{time},$eb->{time}-$ea-
+>{time};

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Update: all pairs

my ($i,$j);
while (1) {
  $i = -1; $j = -1;
  my $ea = first { $i++; $_->{type} eq 'A' } @list;
  last unless $ea;
  my $eb = first { $j++; $_->{type} eq 'B' && $_->{time} >= $ea->{time
+} } @list;
  last unless $eb;
  printf "A %d B %d Diff %d\n", $ea->{time},$eb->{time},$eb->{time}-$e
+a->{time};
  splice @list,$j,1;
  splice @list,$i,1;
}

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A 1000 B 1004 Diff 4
A 1002 B 1006 Diff 4
A 1008 B 1009 Diff 1

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In reply to Re: processing a list of events by GotToBTru
in thread processing a list of events by BluePerlDev

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