@foo = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); @bar = (0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14); my @diff = grep {my $baz = $_; ! grep($_ == $baz, @bar)} @foo; print join(",", @diff); Gives: 3,4,6,8,10