#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.010; use warnings; use strict; use List::Util qw(max first); my @players = qw( Adam Bob Clay Dan Ed Frank George ); my @games = ( [1,2,3,4], [2,3,4,5], [2,4,5,6], [2,4,6,7], [2,4,6,7], [3,4,6,7], [1,3,4,7] ); chart( \@players, \@games, 2, 4 ); # print a chart from game 2 to 4 chart( \@players, \@games, 1, 7 ); # print a chart of all 7 games sub chart { my $players = shift; # players array my $games = shift; # games array my $start = shift; # start game my $end = shift; # end game my $pl = max map { length $_ } @$players; say '-' x 40; for my $p ( 1..@$players ){ printf "%-${pl}s | ", $players->[$p-1]; for( $start..$end ){ print is_in($p,$games->[$_-1]) ? 'X ' : ' '; } say ''; } say '-' x 40; printf "%-${pl}s | ", ' '; print "$_ " for $start..$end; say ''; } sub is_in { return first { $_ == $_[0] } @{$_[1]}; }