#! perl -slw use strict; use Data::Dumper; sub hm2mins{ $_[ 0 ] =~ m[^(\d\d):(\d\d)$] and return $1 * 60 + $2; } sub mins2hm{ sprintf '%02d:%02d', int( $_[ 0 ] / 60 ), $_[ 0 ] % 60 ; } my @HM = ( [ '03:30', '05:45' ], [ '05:45', '09:15' ], [ '10:00', '11:35' ], [ '11:00', '15:40' ] ); my $stick = '0' x ( 60 * 24 ); for ( @HM ) { my( $start, $stop ) = ( hm2mins( $_->[ 0 ] ), hm2mins( $_->[ 1 ] +) ); substr( $stick, $start, $stop - $start ) = '1' x ( $stop - $start) +; } my @out; push @out, [ pos( $stick ), length $1 ] while $stick =~ m[(0+)]g; @out = map{ my $start = $_->[ 0 ] - $_->[ 1 ]; my $stop = $_->[ 0 ]; [ mins2hm( $start ), mins2hm( $stop ) ] } @out; print Dumper \@out; __END__ P:\test>341852 $VAR1 = [ [ '00:00', '03:30' ], [ '09:15', '10:00' ], [ '15:40', '24:00' ] ];

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In reply to Re: Determining gaps in time ranges by BrowserUk
in thread Determining gaps in time ranges by Sprenger000

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