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in thread comparing array elements

yep, but this loop seems to be comparing every position in the first array to every position in the second, not one at a time! How can I do this?

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Re: Re: Re: comparing array elements
by Itatsumaki (Friar) on Nov 21, 2003 at 10:07 UTC

    Why do you need two for-loops? Wouldn't one work?

    my @array1 = ('test', 'text', 'next');
my @array2 = ('text', 'test', 'next');
for (my $i=0; $i < scalar(@array1); $i++) {
    if ($array1[$i] eq $array2[$i]) {
        print "$array1[$i] matches\n";
        }
    }

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Re: comparing array elements
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Nov 21, 2003 at 10:05 UTC
    How's that possible? You index both arrays with the same key.

    Abigail

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      ok, you're right.. its not working - it thinks both arrays are the same
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