#!/usr/bin/perl use Algorithm::Diff qw(diff LCS); use strict; my @seq1 = ("A".."N"); my @seq2 = ("F".."Z"); my @diff = (); my @lcs = (); if (@diff = diff( \@seq1, \@seq2 )) { } # Not equal # Same for (@lcs = diff( \@seq1, \@seq2 ))