#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1186862 use strict; use warnings; my @arr = (19,17,22,23,24,15,16,25..35); my @sorted = sort {$a <=> $b} @arr; my @missing = map { $sorted[$_ - 1] + 1 .. $sorted[$_] - 1 } 1 .. $#sorted; print "missing numbers are @missing\n";