I'll assume the list is sorted. If not, either sort it or use List::Util's min/max functions to set up the min( @list ) .. max( @list ) range.
my @list = ( 41888, 41889, 41890, 41892, 41895 );
my @missing = do {
my %missing;
undef @missing{ $list[ 0 ] .. $list[ -1 ] };
delete @missing{ @list };
keys %missing;
};
That's the simplest way; it takes some memory and I'm not sure about its efficiency, so use with very large lists is not necessarily advised.
Update: another option, assuming that the list really is sorted (can't rely on min/max here):
my @missing;
{
my $i = 0;
for ( $list[ 0 ] .. $list[ -1 ] ) {
++$i, next if $_ == $list[ $i ];
push @missing, $_;
}
}
Update: and just because I had to, the same thing in functional lingo:
my @missing = do {
my $i = 0;
grep { $_ == $list[ $i ] ? ++$i && 0 : 1 } $list[ 0 ] .. $list[ -1
+ ];
};
Makeshifts last the longest.
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