#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump qw(pp); my @array1=(1..2,""); my @array2=(2..3,undef); my (%union, %sdiff, %sd1, %sd2, %inter); @union{(@array1,@array2)} = (@array1,@array2); %sd1 = %sd2 = %inter = %union; delete @sd1{@array2}; delete @sd2{@array1}; %sdiff = (%sd1,%sd2); delete @inter{keys %sdiff}; print "array1: ", pp(\@array1), "\n"; print "array2: ", pp(\@array2), "\n"; print "union: ", pp(\%union), "\n"; print "sdiff: ", pp(\%sdiff), "\n"; print "inter: ", pp(\%inter), "\n"; print "sd1: ", pp(\%sd1), "\n"; print "sd2: ", pp(\%sd2), "\n";