I have the need to compare 2 arrays. If an element in array exists in array 1 and array 2, remove it from array 1. Right now, I'm doing this by a standard nested loop method, but this is taking way to long. What I'm looking for is a speedy and concise method to do the following: 
WORDS:  for($x=0; $x<@words; $x++) {
          foreach(@exclude) {
            if (($words[$x] =~ m/\W) || # remove non-words
               ((length($words[$x])) < 4) || # ignore words less than 
+4 characters
               (($x > 0) && (lc($words[$x]) eq lc($words[$x-1]))) || #
+ drop duplicates
               (lc($words[$x]) eq lc($_)) ) {
                   splice (@words, $x, 1);
                   $x--;
                   next WORDS;
             }
        }
      }

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I should note that @words is sorted before this loop begins. That doesn't seem to be creating any slowness in the code, as @words tends to be small in comparison.

Right now, it can take 2-3 seconds each time this loop is running. There as GOT to be a better way to do this than what I have. It works, but not well enough. Must be faster.

In reply to Array Comparison by mcogan1966

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