#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; #make up some data my @arr1 = 1 .. 100; my @arr2 = 0 .. 300; my @arr3 = reverse(@arr1); my @arr4 = 5 .. 10; #test it. if(grep($_ == 0, (@arr1,@arr2,@arr3,@arr4))){ print "Found it!"; }else{ print "no dice!"; }