#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11144249 use warnings; my $file = 'data.11144249'; open my $fh, '<', $file or die "$! opening $file"; local $_ = do{ local $/; <$fh> }; # slurp entire file my %solvent_face; # as requested $solvent_face{ "$3_$1" } = $2 while /\b (F\S+) \h+ ([-\d.]+) (?=.*? (\S+) \h+ 0.00000000 )/gsx; # by solvent, then arrays of each F*** push @{ $solvent_face{ $3 }{ $1 } }, $2 while /\b (F\S+) \h+ ([-\d.]+) (?=.*? (\S+) \h+ 0.00000000 )/gsx; # by F***, then arrays of solvent push @{ $solvent_face{ $1 }{ $3 } }, $2 while /\b (F\S+) \h+ ([-\d.]+) (?=.*? (\S+) \h+ 0.00000000 )/gsx; use Data::Dump 'dd'; dd \%solvent_face; #### { "acetonitrile" => { "F002" => [1.69945785], "F011" => [0.74578421], "F101" => [2.67268035], "F11-1" => [1.64808218], "F111" => [1.95840198], }, "acetonitrile_F002" => 1.69945785, "acetonitrile_F011" => 0.74578421, "acetonitrile_F101" => 2.67268035, "acetonitrile_F11-1" => 1.64808218, "acetonitrile_F111" => 1.95840198, "F002" => { acetonitrile => [1.69945785], h2o => [4.66656083] }, "F011" => { acetonitrile => [0.74578421], h2o => [26.13597035] }, "F101" => { acetonitrile => [2.67268035], h2o => [32.47411476] }, "F11-1" => { acetonitrile => [1.64808218], h2o => [29.58963453] }, "F111" => { acetonitrile => [1.95840198], h2o => [30.24092207] }, "h2o" => { "F002" => [4.66656083], "F011" => [26.13597035], "F101" => [32.47411476], "F11-1" => [29.58963453], "F111" => [30.24092207], }, "h2o_F002" => 4.66656083, "h2o_F011" => 26.13597035, "h2o_F101" => 32.47411476, "h2o_F11-1" => 29.58963453, "h2o_F111" => 30.24092207, }