comparsion of 2 arrays

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Re: comparsion of 2 arrays by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:07 UTC
Hi, You may want to take a look at List::Compare. Hope this helps Cheers Martin	[reply]
Re: comparsion of 2 arrays by davidrw (Prior) on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:23 UTC
Categorized Questions and Answers QandASection: arrays How to Test if Two Arrays are Ordered in the Same Way How Do I Compare Array A to Array B, removing B elements from A. How can I find the union/difference/intersection of two arrays?	[reply]
Re: comparsion of 2 arrays by lupey (Monk) on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:48 UTC
Don't forget about the Perl documentation. Check out `perlfaq4` under the heading How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal? lupey	[reply] [d/l]
Re: comparsion of 2 arrays by blazar (Canon) on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:52 UTC
You may sort and then check if `"@arr1" eq "@arr2"`, which is not bullet-proof, but could be suitable for your needs, especially if you set `$"` accordingly. This still involves more than one statement, well, unless you like a horrible hack like `"@{[sort @arr1]}" eq "@{[sort @arr2]}";` [download] Otherwise, whatever method you really use behind the scenes, who prevents you from wrapping it in a `Compare()` sub?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: comparsion of 2 arrays by rev_1318 (Chaplain) on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:53 UTC
If your arrays contain text, you could use sort/join: `print "MATCH" if join("",sort(@arr1)) eq join("",sort(@arr3))` [download] Paul	[reply] [d/l]
Re: comparsion of 2 arrays by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:02 UTC
You might want to check out String Comparison by Madam, a recent discussion on basically the same theme. In resolving all these types of problems, the best approaches seem to involve morphing from string to array and back with sort/join. You asked a question about arrays, Madam asked a question about strings, but it's the same problem. This also mentions some issues you need to think about, eg, how do you treat duplicate elements in the list; how do you treat whitespace; etc. Reasonablekeith's solution, towards the bottom, seemed the best to me. Short and to the point. You could also have a look at Array::Compare from CPAN, which I fished using a search engine. Good luck.	[reply]
Re^2: comparsion of 2 arrays by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:34 UTC
"You asked a question about arrays, Madam asked a question about strings, but it's the same problem." Check out the name of the user who posted this question :) Cheers Martin	[reply]
Re^3: comparsion of 2 arrays by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:04 UTC
Hehhh? Pardons to madam but... well, it is sort of the same problem, isn't it? Well, since my gut told me these issues were linked, I'm going back to that earlier thread and linking back here, at least then everything's tied together for future monks stolpering around here.	[reply]


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