use feature ":5.14"; use warnings FATAL => qw(all); use strict; use Data::Dump qw(dump pp); my @f1 = split /\n/, <<'END'; 2010-nhw-es-ea-285, 2012-10-10 aab.external.audit.-.bvr.verif.externes, 2012-02-22 aashee.aziz, 2012-01-27 abbas.rangwala, 2012-01-27 abbie.gardner, 2012-09-10 ab.border-frontiere, 2012-08-11 abdool.yasseen, 2012-01-31 abdullah.aboukarr, 2012-08-10 abdullahi.sheikh, 2012-02-28 END my @f2 = split /\n/, <<'END'; aaron.northway, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BRANCH aashee.aziz, HEALTH PRODUCTS AND FOOD BRANCH abbey.klugerman, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS AND CONSUMER SAFETY BRANCH abby.hoffman, STRATEGIC POLICY BRANCH abderrahim.boussanni, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BRANCH abdiaziz.nur, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS AND CONSUMER SAFETY BRANCH abdool.yassin, HEALTH PRODUCTS AND FOOD BRANCH abdoulie.manjang, N/A abdullah.hassen, HEALTH PRODUCTS AND FOOD BRANCH abdullah.patel, REGIONS AND PROGRAMS BRANCH END my (%f1, %f2); for(@f1) {my ($username, $date) = split /,\s*/; $f1{$username} = $date; } for(@f2) {my ($fullname, $branch) = split /,\s*/; $f2{$fullname} = $branch; } my %names = map {($_, 1)} (keys %f1, keys %f2); say "$_, ", ($f1{$_}//'undefined'), ", ", ($f2{$_}//'undefined') for sort keys %names;