Hi all

This may seem a stupid question but I am really having some difficulty

I want to number each key inside a hash of a hash, but the counting have to be done only inside the first key(if that makes any sense)

For instance, if I have a hash with this type of layout:

%hash{
   peter => sister => Mary -> 1
                   => Jane -> 1
                   => Kate -> 1
         => brother => Jack -> 1
         => parents => fater -> 1
                    => mother -> 1
   Nick => sister => Jeny -1
}

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What I want to do is number each entry under the first key, for instance my output should look like this: 

Peter sister Mary 1
Peter sister Jane 2
Peter sister Kate 3
Peter brother Jack 4
Peter parents father 5
Peter parent mother 6
Nick sister Jenny 1

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but I'm struggling because all of them are unique entries, or am I missing something obvious?

Thanx in advance for any help, much appreciated

In reply to Counting unique(ish) elements in a hash by Dr Manhattan

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