my @x = qw( 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 ); my @y = qw( 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ); my $x = join '', @x; my $y = join '', @y; my $compare = $x & $y; my $joint = $compare =~ tr/1/1/; print "$joint\n";