A hash slice solves the problem (see perldata - slice):

use strict; use warnings; my %teamStats; my @paramNames = ('points', 'tallies', 'scores', 'metrics'); while (<DATA>) { chomp; my ($team, @params) = split /\s+/; next if @params < 4; # Populate new hash using a hash slice my %newParams; @newParams{@paramNames} = @params; push @{$teamStats{$team}}, \%newParams; } foreach my $team (keys %teamStats) { print "\n\nTeam:\t$team\n"; print "\t", join ("\t", @paramNames), "\n"; for my $game (@{$teamStats{$team}}) { # Hash slice to the rescue again print "\t", join ("\t", @$game{@paramNames}), "\n"; } } __DATA__ packers 4 40 400 4000 patriots 6 62 436 3987 colts 8 74 892 7666 bears 9 88 912 9550 packers 3 44 410 4200 patriots 7 66 510 3800 colts 10 77 910 7000 bears 11 88 1010 9410

Prints:

Team: colts points tallies scores metrics 8 74 892 7666 10 77 910 7000 Team: patriots points tallies scores metrics 6 62 436 3987 7 66 510 3800 Team: packers points tallies scores metrics 4 40 400 4000 3 44 410 4200 Team: bears points tallies scores metrics 9 88 912 9550 11 88 1010 9410

Update: cleaned up a little "legacy" code


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In reply to Re: Need Help With Syntax for (Complicated for Me) Data Structure by GrandFather
in thread Need Help With Syntax for (Complicated for Me) Data Structure by o2bwise

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