#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my @letters = qw(a a a b b b c c c); my @word = qw(a a b b); my $length = @letters; my $wlength = @word; for (my $i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) { for (my $j = 0; $j < $wlength; $j++) { if (($letters[$i]) eq ($word[$j])) { splice (@letters, $i, 1); splice (@word, $j, 1); } } } print "@letters\n";