#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict ; my %bin ; my %size; my %value ; my $max = 0 ; my $min = 0 ; my $count ; while ( ) { my @line= split ; my $element = $line[0] ; $value{$element}++ ; } foreach my $i (sort {$a<=>$b} keys %value) { if ($i > $max) { $max = $i ; } if ($i < $min) { $min = $i ; } }