use Test::More; my $r1 = { a => rand }; my $r2 = [ rand ]; my @tests = ( { in1 => [ 43, 43, 44 ], in2 => [ 43, 43 ], out => [ 44 ], name => 'OP example 1', }, { in1 => [ 1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,4,5,6 ], in2 => [ 1,2,3,4,5,6 ], out => [ 1,1,1,1,2,2,3 ], name => 'OP example 2', }, { in1 => [ 1,2,3,4,5,6 ], in2 => [ 1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,4,5,6 ], out => [ ], name => 'OP example 1 reversed', }, { in1 => [ 43, 43 ], in2 => [ 43, 43, 44 ], out => [ ], name => 'OP example 2 reversed', }, { in1 => [ $r1, $r1, $r2 ], in2 => [ $r1, $r1 ], out => [ $r2 ], name => 'references', }, ); my %solutions = ( Skeeve => \&skeeve, # moritz => \&moritz, # moritz2 => \&moritz2, ikegami => \&ikegami, pjotrik => \&pjotrik, kyle => \&kyle, betterworld => \&betterworld, ); plan 'tests' => scalar keys( %solutions ) * scalar @tests; while ( my ( $name, $code ) = each %solutions ) { foreach my $t ( @tests ) { is_deeply( $code->( $t->{in1}, $t->{in2} ), $t->{out}, "$name - $t->{name}" ); } } sub kyle { my ( $ref1, $ref2 ) = @_; my %h; $h{$_}++ for @{$ref1}; $h{$_}-- for @{$ref2}; my %x; return [ grep { $x{$_}++ < $h{$_} } @{$ref1} ]; } sub skeeve { my ($a, $b)= @_; my %d; ++$d{$_} foreach @$a; --$d{$_} foreach @$b; my $d= (); return [ map { ($_) x abs $d{$_} } keys %d ]; } sub moritz { my ( $ref1, $ref2 ) = @_; my @p = @{$ref1}; my @q = @{$ref2}; my ($px, $qx) = (0, 0); my @diff; while (1) { if ($qx >= @q){ push @diff, @p[$px .. @p-1]; last; } elsif ( $p[$px] == $q[$qx] ) { $px++; $qx++; } else { push @diff, $p[$px++]; } } return \@diff; } sub moritz2 { my ( $ref1, $ref2 ) = @_; my @p = @{$ref1}; my @q = @{$ref2}; my ($px, $qx) = (0, 0); my @diff; while ($qx < @q) { if ( $p[$px] == $q[$qx] ) { $px++; $qx++; } else { push @diff, $p[$px++]; } } push @diff, @p[$px .. @p-1]; return \@diff; } sub betterworld { my ( $ref1, $ref2 ) = @_; my @p = @{$ref1}; my @q = @{$ref2}; my %q; $q{$_}++ for @q; my @r = grep { --$q{$_} < 0; } @p; return \@r; } sub ikegami { my ( $ref1, $ref2 ) = @_; my @a = sort { $a <=> $b } @{$ref1}; my @b = sort { $a <=> $b } @{$ref2}; my @c; while (@a && @b) { if ($a[0] < $b[0]) { push @c, pop @a; } elsif ($a[0] > $b[0]) { die "Bad data"; } else { pop @a; pop @b; } } push @c, @a; return \@c; } sub pjotrik { my ($a, $b) = @_; my $i = 0; return [ map { if ($i < @$b && $_ == $$b[$i]) { $i++; () } else { $_ } } @$a ]; }