Thanks for your comments. Sometimes when you've been working a problem closely, it is hard to see what isn't obvious to others. It is tough walking a line between being too technical and too vaugue. How do you simplify the issues without losing some essential element particularly on the edge cases. You're statement of the problem is a good one, however, "How to find the shortest statute and degree combination that determines the case type" is short, pithy and to the point. A lot better than my minimal subgroups ... title eh ;o)

It was actually while cleaning and simplifying the code that I hit upon the algorithm I utimately implemented. Thanks for helping me get focused.

PJ
use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; (if needed)

In reply to Re^2: Creating Minimal Subgroups in a List of Characters by periapt
in thread Creating Minimal Subgroups in a List of Characters by periapt

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