my @sorted_keys = sort keys %conwithpostion; my @sorted_cols = sort {$a <=> $b} keys %cols_pos; my %dispatch = ( '=' => sub {$_[0] eq $_[1]}, '!=' => sub {$_[0] ne $_[1]}, '>' => sub {$_[0] gt $_[1]}, '>=' => sub {$_[0] ge $_[1]}, '<' => sub {$_[0] lt $_[1]}, '<=' => sub {$_[0] le $_[1]}, ); for (@array) { my $match = 0; my @line = split /\t/; for my $key_pos (@sorted_keys) { my ($op, $arg1, $arg2) = (@{$conwithposition{$key_pos}}[0, 1], $line[$key_pos]); $match = $dispatch{$op}->($arg1, $arg2); last if ! $match; my $col = $sorted_cols[-1]; push @listcols, $col; push @result_arr, join '|', @line[@sorted_cols]; } }