my @array1 = qw(a b c e); my @array2 = qw(a b c d); my %hash; for my $key (@array2) { $hash{$key}++; } for my $key (@array1) { print "Fail: $key\n" unless $hash{$key}; } #### for my $key (@array1) { print "Fail: array1 element is $key, array2 element is $hash{$key}\n" unless $hash{$key}; }