i guess there are many ways to do it, but i was thinking of create a hash using the type and pos as key:
my $hash = {}; foreach my $line ( <DATA> ) { my ( $id, $type, $pos ) = split /\s+/, $line; $hash->{ $id } = { id => $id, type => $type, pos => $pos, }; } my $dup_hash = {}; foreach my $id ( keys %{ $hash } ) { my $type_pos = $hash->{ $id }{type} . '_' . $hash->{ $id }{pos}; $dup_hash->{ $type_pos }{count}++; $dup_hash->{ $type_pos }{id} = $id; }
You can use the $dup_hash to check for duplicates etc.
$dup hash = { '1_10' => { 'count' => 1, 'id' => '1' }, '1_11' => { 'count' => 2, 'id' => '2' }, '1_15' => { 'count' => 1, 'id' => '4' }, '2_5' => { 'count' => 2, 'id' => '5' }, '2_7' => { 'count' => 1, 'id' => '7' } }

In reply to Re: Identifying duplicates in array or hash based on a subset of data by duyet
in thread Identifying duplicates in array or hash based on a subset of data by Anonymous Monk

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