sub match_randomized_lists { $count = 0; open (RANDOMIZED_LIST, $randomized_list) || die print "Script cannot open $randomized_list"; my @randomized_list = ; print $randomized_list; print "\n"; print @randomized_list; print "\n"; foreach my $list_to_match (@array_of_lists_to_match) { $count = $count + 1; print OUTPUT "NUMBER "; print OUTPUT $count; $match_count = 0; foreach my $randomized_entry (@randomized_list) { chomp $randomized_entry; if ($list_to_match =~ /$randomized_entry/) { $match_count = $match_count + 1; } } print OUTPUT ": "; print OUTPUT $match_count; print OUTPUT "\n\n"; } }