ID Date 13 10102005 13 09152005 13 11052005 200 11012005 200 11152004 Here's the code I wrote: foreach $data1(@data_241) { @compare1 = split($data1); foreach $data2(@data_241) { @compare2 = split($data2); if ($compare1[0] == $compare2[1]) { if ($compare1[1] > $compare2[2]) { print NEW "@compare1"; } } } }