#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11106277 use warnings; my $order = '*order*'; my %hash; while( ) { my ($vitem, $project, $segments) = /(\w+),(\w+:\d+)\|(.*)/; exists $hash{$project} or push @{$hash{$order}}, $project; exists $hash{$project}{$vitem} or push @{$hash{$project}{$order}}, $vitem; push @{$hash{$project}{$vitem}}, split /;/, $segments; } for my $project ( @{ $hash{$order} } ) { print "Project: $project\n"; for my $vitem ( @{ $hash{$project}{$order} } ) { print " Vitem: $vitem\n"; for my $segment ( @{ $hash{$project}{$vitem} } ) { print " Segment: $segment\n"; } } } __DATA__ J_071117,BM:3|12.0-25.2;32.9-88.0 J_070424,BM:3|625-920;1017.905-1178 J_021212,BB:1|123-166;409-455 070526,SWT:1|53.160-59.320;77.720-86.120;370.800-416.800 070609,SWT:1|713.760-1159.200 070616a,SWT:1|0.0-652.0 070616b,SWT:1|401.40-461.800;483.160-490.640;503.400-595.200;602.440-695.400;699.200-882.400 J_071019a,SWT:1|372.925-910.385;927.620-1038.830 J_071019b,SWT:1|268.15-808.330 J_071025,SWT:1|936.215-1659.635 071123_F,SWT:1|45.4550-81.665