#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @evens; my $n = 0; my $number_to_give_up_at = 21; # $#evens will contain value of index of last element in @evens array while ($n++ < $number_to_give_up_at and $#evens < 9){ push @evens, $n if $n % 2 == 0; } print join("\n", @evens);