use warnings; use strict; my @arr = (10,10,20,0x47,1,30,45,45); sub do_it_all { my $biggest = shift @_; foreach my $num (@_) { if ($num > $biggest) { $biggest = $num; } } my $smallest = shift @_; foreach my $smallnum (@_) { if ($smallnum < $smallest) { $smallest = $smallnum; } } print "\$smallest = $smallest\t\$biggest = $biggest\n"; my @unique = ($smallest..$biggest); print "@unique\n"; } &do_it_all(@arr); #### C:\>perl no_sort.pl $smallest = 1 $biggest = 71 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71