in reply to removing a sublist

List::Compare will also solve this problem.
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.014; use List::Compare; my @winners=("ruth","sheila"); my @correct=("ruth","martin","dee","zack"); my $lc = List::Compare->new(\@winners, \@correct); my @composite = $lc->get_Ronly; print "@composite\n";
Prints
dee martin zack

Chris