#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my @data = (
    [ [ 1 .. 7 ],          [ qw{a b c d e f g} ] ],
    [ [ 1 .. 7, 0 ],       [ qw{a b c d e f g} ] ],
    [ [ 1 .. 7, 0 ],       [ qw{a b c d e f g h} ] ],
    [ [ 1 .. 7, -1, 0 ],   [ qw{a b c d e f g h} ] ],
    [ [ 1 .. 7, 1 .. 7 ],  [ qw{a b c d e f g} ] ],
);

for (@data) {
    my @array1 = @{$_->[0]};
    my @array2 = @{$_->[1]};
    my $pos = -1;

    my $min_pos = ( 
        sort { $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] } map { [$_ => ++$pos] } @array1
    )[0];

    print "Array1:    @array1\n";
    print "Min value: $min_pos->[0]\n";
    print "Min index: $min_pos->[1]\n";
    print "Array2:    @array2\n";

    if ($min_pos->[1] > $#array2) {
        print "Min index outside \@array2 bounds!\n";
    }
    else {
        print 'Min index position in @array2 has value: ',
                "$array2[$min_pos->[1]]\n";
    }

    print '-' x 60, "\n";
}