I'm not entirely sure I understand your requirement, but if I do, this might fill the bill:

>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "my @subnets = ( { qw(id 1 location_id 30 subnet 255.255.255.0) }, { qw(id 2 location_id 13 subnet 255.255.254.0) }, { qw(id 3 location_id 19 subnet 255.255.0.0 ) }, ); dd \@subnets; ;; my @filers_info = ( { qw(id 1 location_id 19 info blah1) }, { qw(id 2 location_id 30 info blah1) }, { qw(id 3 location_id 99 info yada1) }, ); dd \@filers_info; ;; my %locations = map { $_->{location_id}, 1 } @subnets; dd \%locations; ;; my @filer_ids = grep $locations{ $_->{location_id} }, @filers_info; dd \@filer_ids; " [ { id => 1, location_id => 30, subnet => "255.255.255.0" }, { id => 2, location_id => 13, subnet => "255.255.254.0" }, { id => 3, location_id => 19, subnet => "255.255.0.0" }, ] [ { id => 1, info => "blah1", location_id => 19 }, { id => 2, info => "blah1", location_id => 30 }, { id => 3, info => "yada1", location_id => 99 }, ] { 13 => 1, 19 => 1, 30 => 1 } [ { id => 1, info => "blah1", location_id => 19 }, { id => 2, info => "blah1", location_id => 30 }, ]

In reply to Re: Matching values between two arrays of hashes. by AnomalousMonk
in thread Matching values between two arrays of hashes. by tacoking92

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