sub mismatches { my($source, $target) = @_; my @sparts = ($source =~ /(\[.*?\]|.)/g); my @tparts = ($target =~ /(\[.*?\]|.)/g); scalar grep { my($s, $t) = ($sparts[$_], $tparts[$_]); $s !~ /\[/ ? ($s !~ /$t/) : $t !~ /\[/ ? ($t !~ /$s/) : !intersect($s, $t) } 0 .. $#sparts; } sub intersect { my($s, $t) = @_; my %seen = map +($_ => 1), $s =~ /[^\[\]]/g; scalar grep $seen{$_}, $t =~ /[^\[\]]/g; }