@array1 = ( 'ux_prim_clk', 'ux_side_clk', 'ux_xtal_frm_refclk'); @array2 = ( 'ccu_ux_xtal_frm_refclk_ack', 'ibbs_ux_prim_clkack', 'sbr_ux_side_clkack'); foreach(@array1){ @array1_split_2D = map {[split /_/,$_]} @array1; } foreach(@array2){ @array2_split_2D = map{[split /_/,$_]} @array2; } $match = 0; $highest_match_rate = 0; $array1_row_size = @array1_split_2D; $array2_row_size = @array2_split_2D; for ($i=0; $i<$array1_row_size; $i++) { print "\ninside first for loop\n"; $array1_column_size = @{$array1_split_2D[$i]}; #print "\nfirst column size = $array1_column_size\n"; #print "first: $first_line[$i][0]\nsecond: $second_line[$i_sec][$j]"; for ($i_sec=0; $i_sec<$array2_row_size; $i_sec++) { $array2_column_size = @{$array2_split_2D[$i_sec]}; while ($array1_column_size != $array2_column_size){ print "\ninside while loop\n"; print "\ncolumn size array1: $array1_column_size\n"; print "column size array2: $array2_column_size\n"; for ($j=0; $j<$array1_column_size; $j++){ print "first[$i][$j]: $array1_split_2D[$i][$j] second[$i_sec][$j]: $array2_split_2D[ if ($array1_split_2D[$i][$j] eq $array2_split_2D[$i_sec][$j]){ $match = $match + 1; print "$match\n"; } } $remove_first_column = splice @{$array2_split_2D[$i_sec]}, 0, 1; print "remove = $removed\n"; } } }