Perfect! This is exactly the type of solution I was looking for. Thanks. To All - Problem solved, thanks for the input. Sorry about the confusion, but I wasn't looking for help with determining a successful match, rather I was concerned with how to reduce my search time by getting away from

foreach $element(@array){
   foreach $compare(@array){
   }
}
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FYI - my processing time was cut from 12 minutes to less than two with this suggestion! Much thanks!