#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; 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 #1: $key\n" unless $hash{$key}--; } for my $key (keys %hash) { print "Fail #2: $key\n" if $hash{$key} > 0; }