in reply to Comparing values within a Hash of Arrays

Like this

sub Fompare { my( $pree, $post ) = @_; for my $item ( @{ $pree } ){ print "$item\n"; print "yes\n" if InIt( $item, $post ); } } sub InIt { my( $item, $post ) = @_; for my $postItem ( @$post ){ return !!1 if $item eq $postItem; return !!1 if $item == $postItem; } }

But see references quick reference and grep