#!/usr/bin/perl 
use strict;
use warnings;
use List::Compare;
use Data::Dumper;

my @array1 = (1,2,3,4,5);
my @array2 =       (4,5,6,7,8);

#my $lc = List::Compare->new( '-u', \@array1, \@array2);
my $lc = List::Compare->new( \@array1, \@array2);

my $compare = { 'Union'        => [ $lc->get_union ],
                'Intersection' => [ $lc->get_intersection ],
                'Difference'   => [ $lc->get_unique ],
                'Sym_diff'   =>   [ $lc->get_symmetric_difference ]
                };

$Data::Dumper::Indent = 1;
print Dumper($compare);

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Output:
$VAR1 = {
  'Intersection' => [
    '4',
    '5'
  ],
  'Sym_diff' => [
    '1',
    '2',
    '3',
    '6',
    '7',
    '8'
  ],
  'Difference' => [
    '1',
    '2',
    '3'
  ],
  'Union' => [
    '1',
    '2',
    '3',
    '4',
    '5',
    '6',
    '7',
    '8'
  ]
};

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HTH,

PooLpi

In reply to Re: tweaking of perldoc function (sorting/preserving order) by poolpi
in thread tweaking of perldoc function (sorting/preserving order) by Anonymous Monk

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