my (%child, @ancestor, $node, $left, $right); $node = $1, $left = $2, $right = $3 if(/(.+?): (.+?), (.+)/); $child{$node} = $left . ' ' . $right; push @ancestor, $node; if($left =~ /^\w/ && $right =~ /^\[/){ my $children_node = child_check($child{$right}); $child{$node} = $left . ' ' . $children_node; # $right wird vom Array @ancestor entfernt @ancestor = grep !/^\Q$right\E$/, @ancestor; } foreach(@ancestor){ my $vater_id = $_; my $descendant = $child{$_}; print "$_:\t$descendant\n"; } sub child_check{ my $string = shift; my @arr_ance = split(/ /, $string); my @all_children; foreach my $ance(@arr_ance){ if (defined $child{$ance}) { my @descendants = split(/ /, $child{$ance}); foreach my $desc(@descendants){ if (defined $child{$desc}) { child_check($child{$desc}); } else{ push @all_children, $desc; } } } else{ push @all_children, $string; } } my $join_children = join(', ', @all_children); return $join_children; }