my @numbers = qw /0.12 0.35 1.34/; my $diff = -1; my $di = 0; for (my $i = 1; $i < @numbers; $i ++) { my $d = abs ($numbers [$i] - $numbers [$i - 1]); if ($d > $diff) { $diff = $d; $di = $i; } } if ($di) { print "The diff between $numbers[$di - 1] and $numbers[$di] is $diff.\n" }