my @time = localtime(time); ... for(my $i = 0; $i<= $file_number - 1; $i++){ ... for(my $j = $i + 1; $j <= $file_number; $j++){ $x = $x + 1; my $m2 = $file_list_array[$j]; my ($Nvalue3, $Nvalue4, $Nvalue5) = find_common_items($m1, $m2, \%file_gene, 0.1); ... } ... } my @time = localtime(time);