Well, you could go with

use constant PADDING => 2; my $col_width = PADDING + ( sort { $b <=> $a } map { length } keys %list, map { @$_ } values %lists )[ 0 ]; ## Longest key or value

But in

use constant PADDING => 2; my $col_width = PADDING + ( sort { $b <=> $a } map { length } map { ref ? @$_ : $_ } %lists )[ 0 ]; ## Longest key or value

The line ref eq 'ARRAY' ? @$_ : $_ just says: if it($_) is a value (array) flatten it to a list, (which you already had in your own version), or if it is a key, pass it through untouched.

That avoids having to treat the keys and values separately, (and iterate the hash twice to generate them). In doing so it reduces the noise level a little further.


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In reply to Re^3: I fear my code is unreadable by BrowserUk
in thread I fear my code is unreadable by Boldra

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