my @list1 = (1,3,4,5,6,7); my @list2 = (1..100); foreach my $list1_item (@list1) { my $flag = 0; foreach my $list2_item (@list2) { if ($list1_item == $list2_item) { $flag = 1; last(); } } if ($flag == 0) { print $img1; } else { print $img2; } }