#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

my $first_array  = get_words('short.txt');
my $second_array = get_words('woordelysEng.txt');

foreach my $value ( @{$first_array} ) {
    foreach ( @{$second_array} ) {
        print $_, " occurs in first text file\n" if $value eq $_;
    }
}

sub get_words {
    my $filename = shift;
    my @generated_word;
    open my $fh, '<', $filename or die "can't open file: $!";
    while (<$fh>) {
        push @generated_word, split;
    }
    return \@generated_word;
}

  
##</code><code>##

the occurs in first text file
cat occurs in first text file
the occurs in first text file
the occurs in first text file
cat occurs in first text file
the occurs in first text file
dog occurs in first text file
the occurs in first text file
cat occurs in first text file
the occurs in first text file
cat occurs in first text file
the occurs in first text file