@array = ( "54321" , "54312" , "5999" , "54352" , "12345" ); @original = ( "12345" , "54321" , "12355" ); foreach $string(@array) { foreach $string2(@original) { if ($string eq $string2) { $found = 1; } else { $found = 0; } if ($found == 0) { print "$string not found\n"; } else { print "$string found\n"; } } }