#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $before = [qw(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10)]; my $after = [qw(2 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 9 10)]; my %start; @start{@{$before}} = @{$after}; #every little shift. my %moved = map{ ($_ != $start{$_}) ? ($_, $start{$_}) : () }keys %start; #shifts larger than one. my %huge_offset = map{ (abs($_ - $start{$_}) > 1) ? ($_, $start{$_}) : () } keys %start; #lets check what we have... print "BEFORE:\t"; print "@$before\n"; print "AFTER:\t"; print "@$after\n"; print "\nOFFSETS:\n"; print "$moved{$_}: ".($start{$_}-1)." to ".($_ - 1)."\n" for( sort {$a<=>$b} keys %moved); print "\nHUGE OFFSETS:\n"; print "$huge_offset{$_}: ".($start{$_}-1)." to ".($_ - 1)."\n" for( sort {$a<=>$b} keys %huge_offset);