I am wondering if there's a better way to do the following. This code works as it is but it seems like a lot of numbers and variables to keep track of and I thought there may be a more consolidated way to do the same thing. The variables being assigned values are used as hash keys and array locations further along in the code. Thanks. 

                        if ($h == 1) {
                            $j=$h+1;
                            $p=0;
                            $v=9;
                        }
                        if ($h == 3) {
                            $j=$h+2;
                            $p=1;
                            $v=10;
                        }
                        if ($h == 5) {
                            $j=$h+3;
                            $p=0;
                            $v=11;
                        }
                        if ($h == 7) {
                            $j=$h+4;
                            $p=1;
                            $v=12;
                        }
                        if ($h == 10) {
                            $j=$h+5;
                            $p=0;
                            $v=5;
                        }
                        if ($h == 12) {
                            $j=$h+6;
                            $p=1;
                            $v=6;
                        }
                        if ($h == 14) {
                            $j=$h+7;
                            $p=0;
                            $v=7;
                        }
                        if ($h == 16) {
                            $j=$h+8;
                            $p=1;
                            $v=8;
                        }

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