Dear monks,

My problem is simply I have one array containing lots of numbers in ascending order. I also have a smaller array containg a few select numbers: 

e.g.

my @numbers = ('76.8', '77.0', '77.2' ,'77.4', '77.6', '77.8' , '78.0'
+ , '78.2', '78.4', '78.6' , '78.8', '79.0', '79.2', '79.4', '79.6', '
+79.8' ,'80.0' , '80.2' , '80.5' ,'80.7' ,'80.9',' '81.1');
 
my @small = ('78.6' , '78.8', '79.0', '80.9', '77.0');

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The problem is that the numbers in @small should be in the same consecutive order as that of @numbers (e.g should contain: @small = ('78.6' , '78.8', '79.0', '79.2', '79.4'); ).

How can I devise a check that compares the order in @small to that of @numbers and changes any anomalies like in the array above ???(even if the first or last numbers are wrong). Many thanks,

Illogical monk

In reply to Array logic! by Anonymous Monk

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