#!usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %buckets; my @array2 = (["A","B"],["C","D"],["A","C"],["E","F"],["F","G"]); my $count = 0; foreach(@array2){ my $req1 = $array2[$count][0]; my $req2 = $array2[$count][1]; my $j = 0; foreach my $key (keys %buckets){ if($key =~ /$req1/i){ $buckets{$key} .= $req2; $j++; last; } elsif($key =~ /$req2/i){ $buckets{$key} .= $req1; $j++; last; } elsif($buckets{$key} =~ /$req1/i){ $buckets{$key} .= $req2; $j++; last; } elsif($buckets{$key} =~ /$req2/i){ $buckets{$key} .= $req1; $j++; last; } } if($j == 0){$buckets{$req1} = $req2;} $count++; } foreach(keys %buckets){print $_,$buckets{$_},"\n";}