use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump; my @s= map { int rand 100 } 1..10; dd \@s; my $min_idx = 0; my $idx = 0; my $min = $s[0]; for my $value (@s) { ($min,$min_idx)=($value,$idx) if $value < $min ; $idx++; } dd $min,$min_idx;