I usually find it easier to compare lists using hashes, like so: 
sub different
{
    my ($h1, $h2) = @_;
    return 1 unless keys %$h1 == keys %$h2;
    for (keys %$h1) {
        return 1 unless exists $h2->{$_};
    }
    return 0;
}

sub member {
    my ($a, $aoa) = @_;
    my %as;
    undef @as{@$a};
    for my $x (@$aoa) {
        my %bs;
        undef @bs{@$x};
        return 1 unless different \%as, \%bs;
    }
    return 0;
}

[download]
Depending on what else you're doing with the AoA, you might want to use an array of hashes instead.

In reply to Re: Checking if an Array is a Member of an AoA by educated_foo
in thread Checking if an Array is a Member of an AoA by neversaint

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.