sub test_ordered { #test if two arrays are ordered in same way #assuming no duplicate and left array is always #be greater/superset or equal to the right one # L R my ($ar1,$ar2)= @_; my %h; @h{@$ar1} = (0..$#{$ar1}); my $last = -1; foreach (@h{@$ar2}) { return 0 unless $_ >= $last; $last = $_; } return 1; }