NAME

Hash::Tally - Compute the tallies of hash values

SYNOPSIS

    use Hash::Tally qw( tally );
    
    my $data = {
        Shipping => {
            English => {
                 Canada         => 8,
                'United States' => 13,
            },
            French => {
                 Canada         => 26,
                'United States' => 3,
            },
        },
        Receiving => {
            English => 56,
            French  => {
                 Canada         => 12,
                'United States' => 5,
            },
        },
    };
    
    
    tally( $data );
    
    
    # $data now has the following value:
    $data = {
        Shipping => {
            English => {
                 Canada         => 8,
                'United States' => 13,
                 tally          => 21,
            },
            French => {
                 Canada         => 26,
                'United States' => 3,
                 tally          => 29,
            },
            tally => {
                 Canada         => 34,
                'United States' => 16,
                 tally          => 50,
            },
        },
        Receiving => {
            English => 56,
            French  => {
                 Canada         => 12,
                'United States' => 5,
                 tally          => 17,
            },
            tally => 73,
        },
        tally => {
            English => 77,
            French  => {
                 Canada         => 38,
                'United States' => 8,
                 tally          => 46,
            },
            tally => 123,
        },
    };
    
    

DESCRIPTION

tally ( @data )

A method designed to calculate the tallies of hashes. It was originally designed for reporting and statistical purposes.

AUTHOR

Adam Paynter <adapay@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2006 by Adam Paynter

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.