use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $file_base = '1.TXT'; my $file_filter = '2.TXT'; open ( FILTER, "<$file_filter" ) or die "Die: Could not open $file_filter: $!"; open ( BASE, "<$file_base" ) or die "Die: Could not open $file_base: $!"; my @filterArray = ; my @baseArray = ; close BASE; close FILTER; unless( arrayDiff( \@filterArray , \@baseArray ) ) { print "Success!"; } sub arrayDiff { my $array1 = shift(@_); my $array2 = shift(@_); my %array1_hash; my %array2_hash; # Create a hash entry for each element in @array1 for my $element ( @{$array1} ) { $array1_hash{$element} = @{$array1}; } # Same for @array2: This time, use map instead of a loop map { $array2_hash{$_} = 1 } @{$array2}; for my $entry ( @{$array2} ) { if ( not $array1_hash{$entry} ) { return 1; #Entry in @array2 but not @array1: Differ } } if ( keys %array1_hash != keys %array2_hash ) { return 1; #Arrays differ } else { return 0; #Arrays contain the same elements } } #### Monks>perl 1156663.pl Success!