#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Compare; use Data::Dumper; my @array1 = [ {'platformid' => '22','da' => 'A.9','os' => 'hp-ux-11.31','host' => '2060','cc' => 'A.9','ma' => 'A.9','size' => [{'objecttype' => 'FILESYSTEM','totalsize' => '3628129 KB','application' => '/depot','hostname' => 'iwf1112060'}],'objecttype' => '2'}, {'platformid' => '100','da' => 'A.9','os' => 'microsoft amd64 wNT-6.1-S','ma' => 'A.9','cc' => 'A.9','size' => [{'objecttype' => 'OB2BAR','totalsize' => '230986 KB','application' => 'IDB','hostname' => '5096'},{'objecttype' => 'WINFS','totalsize' => '1262152 KB','application' => 'R: [New Volume]','hostname' => '5096'},{'objecttype' => 'WINFS','totalsize' => '574463 KB','application' => 'C:','hostname' => '5096'}],'objecttype' => '6','host' => '5096'} ]; my @array2 = [ {'platformid' => '100','da' => 'A.9','os' => 'microsoft amd64 wNT-6.1-S','ma' => 'A.9','cc' => 'A.9','size' => [{'objecttype' => 'OB2BAR','totalsize' => '230986 KB','application' => 'IDB','hostname' => '5096'},{'objecttype' => 'WINFS','totalsize' => '1262152 KB','application' => 'R: [New Volume]','hostname' => '5096'},{'objecttype' => 'WINFS','totalsize' => '574463 KB','application' => 'C:','hostname' => '5096'}],'objecttype' => '6','host' => '5096'}, {'platformid' => '22','da' => 'A.9','os' => 'hp-ux-11.31','host' => '2060','cc' => 'A.9','ma' => 'A.9','size' => [{'objecttype' => 'FILESYSTEM','totalsize' => '3628129 KB','application' => '/depot','hostname' => '2060'}],'objecttype' => '2'} ]; my @array3 = sort {$a->{platformid} cmp $b->{platformid} or $a->{da} cmp $b->{da} or $a->{ma} cmp $b->{ma} or $a->{os} cmp $b->{os} or $a->{cc} cmp $b->{cc} or $a->{objecttype} cmp $b->{objecttype} or $a->{host} cmp $b->{host} or $a->{size} cmp $b->{size}} @array1; my @array4 = sort {$a->{platformid} cmp $b->{platformid} or $a->{da} cmp $b->{da} or $a->{ma} cmp $b->{ma} or $a->{os} cmp $b->{os} or $a->{cc} cmp $b->{cc} or $a->{objecttype} cmp $b->{objecttype} or $a->{host} cmp $b->{host} or $a->{size} cmp $b->{size}} @array2; my $array1ref = \@array3; my $array2ref = \@array4; # print Dumper $array1ref; # print Dumper $array2ref; my $rc = Compare($array1ref,$array2ref); if($rc == 1) { print "Data structures are equal"; } else { print "Data structures are not equal"; }