use List::Util 'shuffle'; my @A = (shuffle 0 .. 5)[0 .. 3]; my @B = (shuffle 0 .. 5)[0 .. 3]; my $exact = grep { $A[$_] == $B[$_] } 0 .. 3; my %in_A = map { $_ => 1 } @A; my $inexact = (grep { $in_A{$_} } @B) - $exact; print "A = [@A]\nB = [@B]\n"; print "exact: $exact\n"; print "inexact: $inexact\n";