my %scsv; foreach (keys %$csv) { $scsv{substr($_, 4)} = %$csv->{$_}; } &hash_match($sql, \%scsv, 'sql', 'csv'); sub hash_match { my ($p1, $p2, $n1, $n2) = @_; my ($a, $b); my @k1 = sort keys %$p1; my @k2 = sort keys %$p2; while ($a <= $#k1 && $b <= $#k2) { if (@k1[$a] eq @k2[$b]) { print "\$$n1\{'" . @k1[$a] . "'\} = " . $p1->{@k1[$a]} . " ne " . "\$$n2\{'" . @k2[$b] . "'\} = " . $p2->{@k2[$b]} . "\n" if $p1->{@k1[$a]} ne $p2->{@k2[$b]}; $a++; $b++; } elsif (@k1[$a] lt @k2[$b]) { print "Unique \$$n1\{'" . @k1[$a] . "'\} = " . $p1->{@k1[$a++]} . "\n"; } else { print "Unique \$$n2\{'" . @k2[$b] . "'\} = " . $p2->{@k2[$b++]} . "\n"; } } print "Unique \$$n1\{'" . @k1[$a] . "'\} = " . $p1->{@k1[$a++]} . "\n" while ($a <= $#k1); print "Unique \$$n2\{'" . @k2[$b] . "'\} = " . $p2->{@k2[$b++]} . "\n" while ($b <= $#k2); }