Does this do what you want?

use strict; use warnings; my %HoHoA = ( 'set1' => { 'key1_set1' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set1' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, 'set2' => { 'key1_set2' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set2' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, 'set3' => { 'key1_set3' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set3' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, 'set4' => { 'key1_set4' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key2_set4' => [ 'some arrays' ], 'key3_set4' => [ 'some arrays' ], }, ); # sikl stands for "sorted inner key lists" # @sikl is a SAoSA: a sorted array of sorted arrays my @sikl = map sort_inner( [ keys %{ $HoHoA{ $_->[ 0 ] } } ] ), sort { $a->[ 1 ] <=> $b->[ 1 ] } map [ $_, substr( $_, 3 ) ], keys %HoHoA; for my $i ( 0..$#sikl-1 ) { my $si = $sikl[ $i ]; for my $j ( $i+1..$#sikl ) { my $sj = $sikl[ $j ]; for my $ki ( @$si ) { for my $kj ( @$sj ) { print "$ki - $kj\n"; } } } } sub sort_inner { return [ map $_->[ 0 ], sort { $a->[ 1 ] <=> $b->[ 1 ] || $a->[ 2 ] <=> $b->[ 2 ] } map [ $_, /\d+/g ], @{ $_[ 0 ] } ] } __END__
key1_set1 - key1_set2 key1_set1 - key2_set2 key2_set1 - key1_set2 key2_set1 - key2_set2 key1_set1 - key1_set3 key1_set1 - key2_set3 key2_set1 - key1_set3 key2_set1 - key2_set3 key1_set1 - key1_set4 key1_set1 - key2_set4 key1_set1 - key3_set4 key2_set1 - key1_set4 key2_set1 - key2_set4 key2_set1 - key3_set4 key1_set2 - key1_set3 key1_set2 - key2_set3 key2_set2 - key1_set3 key2_set2 - key2_set3 key1_set2 - key1_set4 key1_set2 - key2_set4 key1_set2 - key3_set4 key2_set2 - key1_set4 key2_set2 - key2_set4 key2_set2 - key3_set4 key1_set3 - key1_set4 key1_set3 - key2_set4 key1_set3 - key3_set4 key2_set3 - key1_set4 key2_set3 - key2_set4 key2_set3 - key3_set4

Update: Simplified the code somewhat.

the lowliest monk


In reply to Re: Getting Pairs of 2nd-ary Keys in HoHoA by tlm
in thread Getting Pairs of 2nd-ary Keys in HoHoA by neversaint

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":



  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.