Dear Monks,

I have created a complex data structures that works perfectly for my task but don't really know how to even call it. There is a reason I did it that way and not another but can someone tell me what monster I have created? Simplified code with easier variable names below.

my %Data;
my $x = 0;
foreach my $Name (@Names) {
      push @{$Data{$Name}->{Rank}}, $Dataset[$x];
      push @{$Data{$Name}->{Salary}}, $Dataset[$x];
      etc..
}

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Btw is there any set asthetic 'rule' when you are creating a software when it comes to loops layout? I mean shoud there be a one line space after the if/foreach and one line space after the last line of code and closing '}'? The code is getting quite large even with savings subs on separate files but I don't want to it look to clutered. thanks for your help.

In reply to Complex Data Structure by Anonymous Monk

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