sub check { my ($a, $check, $b) = @_; if ($check eq "==") { return $a == $b; } elsif ($check eq ">=") { return $a >= $b; } elsif ($check eq "<=") { return $a <= $b; } elsif ($check eq "eq") { return $a eq $b; } else { die "Unimplemented check $check" } } if (&check($hash{$filter[0]->[0]},$filter[0]->[1],$filter[0]->[2]) && &check(...) && &check(...)) { print OUTFILE $line; }