I think there is a module Array::Compare which will do what you want. If not, adapt following to suit you needs. Shows a couple of methods, more variations are possible as this can get complicated. Most simple is version2 when arrays are of the same size and sort order (don't have to worry about some undefined value). The below will not "blow up" if array's are of different size, but result could wind up being hard to interpret. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my @a = qw(a b c e);
my @b = qw(a b c d g);

compare1 (\@a,\@b);
compare2 (\@a,\@b);

sub compare1 
{
   my ($aref, $bref) = @_;
   
   my %a = map{$_=>0}@$aref;
   my %b = map{$_=>0}@$bref;
   
  foreach (keys %a)
   {
     $a{$_}++ if (exists ($b{$_})); 
   }
   
   foreach (keys %b)
   {
      $b{$_}++ if (exists $a{$_});   
   }
   
   foreach (keys %a)
   {
      print "$_ does not exist in B\n" if !$a{$_};
   }
   
   foreach (keys %b)
   {
      print "$_ does not exist in A\n" if !$b{$_};   
   }
}

sub compare2
{
   my ($aref, $bref) = @_;
   my @a = @$aref;
   my @b = @$bref;
   
   while (@a || @b)
   {
      my ($compa, $compb) = (shift @a, shift @b);
      $compa = 'undefined' if (!defined($compa)); 
      $compb = 'undefined' if (!defined($compb));
      if ($compa ne $compb)
      {  
         print "$compa and $compb do not match\n";
      } 
   }
}

__END__
e does not exist in B
g does not exist in A
d does not exist in A

e and d do not match
undefined and g do not match

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In reply to Re: Print both elements in a compare by Marshall
in thread Print both elements in a compare by Anonymous Monk

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