#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $Infile1 = shift; my $Infile2 = shift; open (INPUT, "$Infile1") || die "can't open the input file1"; chomp (my @words1 = ); close (INPUT) ; open (INPUT, "$Infile2") || die "can't open the input file2"; chomp (my @words2 = ); close (INPUT) ; for my $i (0 .. $#words1) { if ($words1[$i] =~ /\#n$/){ for my $j ( 0 .. $#words2) { if ($words2[$j] =~ /\#n$/){ my $value = getRelatedness("$words1[$i]#1", "$words2[$j]#1"); print "similarity of $words1[$i] and $words2[$j] = $value\n";} }}} sub getRelatedness { print join(':',@_),"\n"; return 4; } OUTPUT: July#n#1:July#n#1 similarity of July#n and July#n = 4 July#n#1:Macdonough#n#1 similarity of July#n and Macdonough#n = 4 Macdonough#n#1:July#n#1 similarity of Macdonough#n and July#n = 4 Macdonough#n#1:Macdonough#n#1 similarity of Macdonough#n and Macdonough#n = 4