use strict; use warnings; use Set::IntSpan; my $TM_part1 = "25-40,74-93,95-120,130-149"; my $TM_part2 = "31-47,84-99,107-123,137-151"; my @split_TM1 = split(",", $TM_part1); my @split_TM2 = split(",", $TM_part2); for my $i (0 .. $#split_TM1) { my $set1 = Set::IntSpan->new($split_TM1[$i]); my $set2 = Set::IntSpan->new($split_TM2[$i]); my $u_set = intersect $set1 $set2; print "Union of strings: $u_set\n"; }