#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @alphas = qw/ 9 4 3 2 22 13 7 140 95 278/; my @betas = qw/ 8 3 4 1 278 94 15 7 19 200/; my @results; foreach my $alpha ( @alphas ) { foreach my $beta ( @betas ) { if ( $alpha == $beta ) { push @results, $beta; } } } @results = sort { $a <=> $b } @results; print "Linear search: @results\n";