my @a = (0,1,2,3,4,5, 6, 7, 8 ); my @b = (0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16); my (@matches,@mismatch); print "An iterative solution\n"; foreach $a (@a) { push @matches, $a if grep{$a == $_}@b; } foreach $a (@a) { push @mismatch, $a unless grep{$a == $_}@b; } print "The arrays share: @matches\n"; print "Unique elements in \@a: @mismatch\n"; print"\nA hash solution\n"; @matches = @mismatch = (); map{$seen{$_}++}@b; @matches = grep{defined $seen{$_}}@a; @mismatch = grep{!defined $seen{$_}}@a; print "The arrays share: @matches\n"; print "Unique elements in \@a: @mismatch\n";