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in reply to foward/backward within hashes

Create an array of hashrefs, sorted by the time.

Retrieve the next/previous array element as required, dereference the hash and display the information.

Update: Maybe I should explain why: hashes are effectively randomly ordered. By creating the datastructure I suggest, you sort only once, can figure out where in the sort order you are (the current array indice) and can easy retrieve other records with minimal processing (and thought).


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