Hello!
I have an array of arrays built by parsing data from an XML file, which looks like this. 
1-1-2004 33.95
2-1-2004 30.34
3-1-2004 31.50
4-1-2004 32.50
5-1-2004 33.50
. . .
. . .
. . .

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Each row contains a date and a temperature value. I need to search the temperature values in this array of arrays.
For each consecutive 5 (for the time being, better to make this a variable)rows (days) where the temperature values
fall in the same range, I need to store in another array of arrays the start date, end date and a string describing the temperature range.

For example the array of arrays could look like: 
1-1-2004    5-1-2004  hot
10-1-2004   15-1-2004 warm
25-1-2004   30-1-2004 mild
...
...
...

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The temperature ranges I need to use are: 
  Over 40.0       extremelyhot
  35.0 to 39.9    veryhot
  30.0 to 34.9    hot 
  25.0 to 29.9    verywarm
  20.0 to 24.9    warm
  15.0 to 19.9    mild

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Any help with coding this ?Any code or help would be appreciated.
Thanks
perl_seekr :)

2004-11-03 Edited by Arunbear: Changed title from 'Searching in an array of arraya.', as per Monastery guidelines

In reply to Searching in an array of arrays by perl_seeker

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