#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @list_o_num = qw( 9 9 9 10 9 8 7 9 6 ); my %list_o_num = map { if ( exists $list_o_num{$_} ) { $list_o_num{$_}++; } else { $_ => 1; } } @list_o_num; my @true_top_3 = sort { $b <=> $a } keys %list_o_num;