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Or more generally: a way to invert a hash (keys become values and vice versa) without loosing any data:
use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %hash; while (<DATA>) { my ( $key, $value ) = split; $hash{$key} = $value; } ## end while (<DATA>) print "Original hash\n", Dumper( \%hash ); my %data_structure; foreach my $key ( keys %hash ) { push @{ $data_structure{ $hash{$key} } }, $key; } ## end foreach my $key ( keys %hash) print "Inverted hash\n", Dumper( \%data_structure ); __DATA__ key1, value1 key2, value2 key3, value1 key4, value3 key5, value2 key6, value4 key7, value4
output
Original hash $VAR1 = { 'key3,' => 'value1', 'key2,' => 'value2', 'key4,' => 'value3', 'key6,' => 'value4', 'key7,' => 'value4', 'key5,' => 'value2', 'key1,' => 'value1' }; Inverted hash $VAR1 = { 'value4' => [ 'key6,', 'key7,' ], 'value1' => [ 'key3,', 'key1,' ], 'value3' => [ 'key4,' ], 'value2' => [ 'key2,', 'key5,' ] };
The resulting data-structure is a Hash-of-Arrays.

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A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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