my @nums = qw /3.34 3.67 4.75 4.98/; my $diff = -1; for (my $i = 1; $i < @nums; $i ++) { my $d = abs ($nums [$i] - $nums [$i - 1]); $diff = $d if $diff < $d; } print "Greatest difference is $diff\n" unless $diff < 0;