As with nearly everything in Perl, the answer is a hash. Specifically, a hash of arrays constructed from your colon-separated data set.
my @input = qw(0:6
0:12
0:18
0:24
6:12
6:18
6:24
12:18
12:24
18:24);
my %link;
for (@input) {
my ($key, $value) = split /:/;
push @{$link{$key}}, $value;
}
which gives
$VAR1 = {
'6' => [
'12',
'18',
'24'
],
'18' => [
'24'
],
'0' => [
'6',
'12',
'18',
'24'
],
'12' => [
'18',
'24'
]
};
You then just need to connect the dots, which I'd probably implement with a recursive subroutine.
Note that the confusion about the start and end definition of your chains likely comes from the fact that, in your example, you seem to use all possible values for starts, but only 24 as an end.
#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.
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