use Math::BigInt (); *gcd = \&Math::BigInt::bgcd; sub embiggen { local $_ = @_ ? $_[0] : $_; return Math::BigInt->new($_); } my @a = ( 10, 20, 33, 45, 60 ); my @b = ( 2, 5, 10, 12, 16, 23, 45 ); # my %a = map { $_ => 1 } @a; # my %b = map { $_ => 1 } @b; # # my @c = map embiggen, # grep { !$b{$_} } # @a; # # my @d = map embiggen, # map { Math::BigInt->new($_) } # grep { !$a{$_} } # @b; my @c = @a; my @d = @b; foreach my $c (@c) { foreach my $d (@d) { my $gcd = gcd($c, $d); $c /= $gcd; $d /= $gcd; } } @c = grep { $_ != 1 } @c; @d = grep { $_ != 1 } @d;