BEGIN { my @levels = ( initiate => 1, novice => 20, acolyte => 50, scribe => 100, monk => 200, friar => 500, abbot => 1000, bishop => 1600, pontiff => 2300, saint => 3000 ); while ( @levels ) { my ( $level, $xp ) = splice @levels, 0, 2; eval "sub $level () { $xp }"; } } $xp = 0 + shift; printf "XP = $xp %0.2f initiates %0.2f novices, %d to promotion %0.2f acolytes, %d to promotion %0.2f scribes, %d to promotion %0.2f monks, %d to promotion %0.2f friars, %d to promotion %0.2f abbots, %d to promotion %0.2f bishops, %d to promotion %0.2f pontiffs, %d to promotion %.02f saints, %d to promotion ", $xp / initiate, $xp / novice, novice - ( $xp % novice ), $xp / acolyte, acolyte - ( $xp % acolyte ), $xp / scribe, scribe - ( $xp % scribe ), $xp / monk, monk - ( $xp % monk ), $xp / friar, friar - ( $xp % friar ), $xp / abbot, abbot - ( $xp % abbot ), $xp / bishop, bishop - ( $xp % bishop ), $xp / pontiff, pontiff - ( $xp % pontiff ), $xp / saint, saint - ( $xp % saint ); # I wish this was lisp. for ( qw( saint pontiff bishop abbot friar monk scribe acolyte novice initiate ) ) { eval "if ( \$xp >= $_ ) { push \@change, int( \$xp / $_ ) . \" ${_}s\"; \$xp %= $_ }"; } for ( @change ) { if ( 1 == $_ ) { s/s$//; } } $_ = join( ', ', @change, ) . "\n"; # Replaced w/ NinthWave's code. No, I didn't read it first. s<(?:^|\D)(1 [a-z]+(?:, 1 [a-z]+)*)>{ my @ranks = $1 =~ /[a-z]+/g; " a " . join ', ', @ranks; }ge; s/^ //; if ( /,.+,/ ) { s/(.+),([^,]+)/$1, and$2/; } print