I need to compare two arrays: 

@anc=("BX1.01.001","BX1.01.002","BX1.01.003","BX1.01.004","BX1.01.005"
+,"BX1.01.006");
@ind=("BX1.01.002","BX1.01.002","BX1.01.003","BX1.01.004","BX1.01.005"
+,"BX1.01.006");

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My function to compare these two array's is 

sub comp_arr
{
    @arr1=sort($_[0]);
    @arr2=sort($_[1]);

    # To check if the number of elements in both arrays match
    if ($#arr1 != $#arr2)
    {
        print "Indicator and anchor count do not match";
        exit;
    }
    
    #Actual compare starts here
    for ($x=0; $x <= $#arr2; $x++)
    {
        if ($arr2[$x] ne $arr1[$x])
        {
        print ("Anchor/indicator mismatch in $arr1[$x]\n");
        }
    }

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Even if the arrays are similar or if there are any differences, I get an error message stating there is a mismatch in the first element. Can someone help me out by telling me what's wrong in the above codes?

Sriram

proper code tags by holli

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