use strict; use warnings; use Test::More; my @data = ( { id => 1, start => 2, end => 3 }, { id => 2, start => 3, end => 4 }, { id => 3, start => 4, end => 5 }, # fail { id => 42, start => 6, end => 7 }, { id => 666, start => 7, end => 8 }, { id => 999, start => 8, end => 9 }, ); for ( 0 .. $#data - 1 ) { is( $data[ $_ + 1 ]->{'start'}, $data[ $_ ]->{'end'}, "$data[ $_ ]->{'id'} sequence" ); } done_testing; __END__ #### 1206160.pl .. 1/? # Failed test '3 sequence' # at 1206160.pl line 18. # got: '6' # expected: '5' # Looks like you failed 1 test of 5. 1206160.pl .. Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100) Failed 1/5 subtests Test Summary Report ------------------- 1206160.pl (Wstat: 256 Tests: 5 Failed: 1) Failed test: 3 Non-zero exit status: 1 Files=1, Tests=5, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr 0.00 sys + 0.04 cusr 0.01 csys = 0.08 CPU) Result: FAIL #### se strict; use warnings; use Test::More; use List::Util 'pairfirst'; my @data = ( { id => 1, start => 2, end => 3 }, { id => 2, start => 3, end => 4 }, { id => 3, start => 4, end => 5 }, # fail { id => 42, start => 6, end => 7 }, { id => 666, start => 7, end => 8 }, { id => 999, start => 8, end => 9 }, ); my @failed = pairfirst { $a->{'end'} ne $b->{'start'} } @data; is( @failed, undef, 'sequencing' ) or diag sprintf 'ID %s and ID %s are not sequential', map { $_->{'id'} } @failed; done_testing; __END__ #### prove 1206160.pl 1206160.pl .. 1/? # Failed test 'sequencing' # at 1206160.pl line 16. # got: '2' # expected: undef # ID 3 and ID 42 are not sequential # Looks like you failed 1 test of 1. 1206160.pl .. Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100) Failed 1/1 subtests Test Summary Report ------------------- 1206160.pl (Wstat: 256 Tests: 1 Failed: 1) Failed test: 1 Non-zero exit status: 1 Files=1, Tests=1, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr 0.00 sys + 0.06 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.08 CPU) Result: FAIL