Unfortunately I don't have the time to refractor your ruleset into code at the moment, however I may be able to answer some of your questions.

1. How can I create a scheme that can handle hashes with varying number of arrays (values)?

To determine the number of rows and columns contained in a given matrix, find the number of hash keys and the number of referenced array elements respectively.

scalar keys %hash;             # rows
scalar @{ $hash{'element'} };  # columns

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2. I also have difficulty in implementing point 6 above. Don't know what's the construct to build.

This is by no means a definitive answer, but one possibility is to create a lookup "table" of the same dimensions. If a match is made, place a flag in the lookup, therefore reducing checking for prior matches to a mere lookup.

In reply to Re: Aligning Arrays Problem by eibwen
in thread Aligning Arrays Problem by monkfan

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