C:\test>p1 use List::Util qw[ sum ];; @selected_data = qw(13 76 90 13 77 100 76 300 13 65 400 74 89 34 65); @all_data = qw(1 5 2 8 12 87 13 76 98 77 89 90 11 65 43 74 43 32 34 67);; ++$seen{ $_ } for @selected_data, @all_data;; print sum map{ $_ > 1 ? $_ - 1 : () } values %seen;; 13