Monks, I have a need to search and replace portions of array elements from elements of another array.

I am attempting to split both arrays and splice if there is a match. The ideal output would look like this for the first match of element of @dp2 and 4th of @stu2. I also need to keep intact any non matching elements of @stu.

103_dsu 1 35 nbu103 Disk 6 -1 

@stu = (103_dsu 1 35 nbu103,104_dsu 1 35 nbu104,204_tape 1 1 ACS1,101_
+dsu 1 35 nbu101);

@dp = (nbu103 Disk 6 -1,nbu104 Disk 6 -1,nbu101 Disk 6 -1); 
 
    foreach $var (@stu) {
            foreach $var2 (@dp) {
            @stu2 = split(' ',$var);
            $s1 = $stu2[3];
                @dp2 = split(' ',$var2);      
                $s2 = @dp2[0];
                if ($s1 eq $s2) { 
                splice (@stu2,3,1,$var2);
            }
        }
    }

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In reply to Search and Replace Elements from 1 array to another. by skp

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