#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my @ID = qw/1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6/; my %counts; foreach my $id (@ID) { $counts{$id}++; } while(my ($num, $count) = each(%counts)) { print "$num : $count\n"; }