use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; open my $firstFH, q{<}, \ < ) { chomp; my( $col1, $lastVal ) = ( split m{;} )[ 0, -1 ]; $arr1Order{ $col1 } = $recCt ++; push @arr1, $lastVal; } close $firstFH or die qq{close: < HEREDOC: $!\n}; open my $secondFH, q{<}, \ < ) { chomp; my( $col1, $lastVal ) = ( split m{;} )[ 0, -1 ]; $arr2[ $arr1Order{ $col1 } ] = $lastVal; } close $secondFH or die qq{close: < HEREDOC: $!\n}; print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ \ @arr1, \ @arr2 ], [ qw{ *arr1 *arr2 } ] ); print q{[} . join( q{; }, @arr1 ) . qq{]\n[} . join( q{; }, @arr2 ) . qq{]\n}; #### @arr1 = ( '9,18246152003019', '7,18246152003019', '6,9898164420878', '6,70441422322555', '12,9959266915162', '6,22163211731087' ); @arr2 = ( '9,18246152003019', 0, '6,9898164420878', '6,70441422322555', '12,9959266915162', 0 ); [9,18246152003019; 7,18246152003019; 6,9898164420878; 6,70441422322555; 12,9959266915162; 6,22163211731087] [9,18246152003019; 0; 6,9898164420878; 6,70441422322555; 12,9959266915162; 0]