# If my datasets contain # @1 = 1,2,3,4,5 # @2 = 2,3,6,7,8,8,8,9,10 # @3 = 5,6,2,3 # # the result should be: 2,3 # my %intersection; my @result; foreach my $dataArray(@AllArraysIHave) { my %lookuptable; foreach(@{$dataArray}) { if (!$lookuptable{$_}) { $lookuptable{$_} = 1; $intersection{$_}++; } } } my $amnt = scalar(@AllArraysIHave); foreach my $key (keys %intersection) { if ($intersection{$key} == $amnt) { push @result, $key; } } return \@result;