$sequence1 = [ qw( a b ) ]; $sequence2 = [ qw( b c ) ]; # the longest common subsequence of it $LCS_index = [[ 1, 1 ]]; # aligned $result = [ [ 'a', '' ], [ 'b', 'b' ], [ '', 'c' ], ]; $stringified = [ 'ab_', '_bc', ];