#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump; my @original_data_set = ( 1 .. 10 ); dd \@original_data_set; my @modified_data_set = map { $_++} @original_data_set; dd \@original_data_set, \@modified_data_set; __END__ karl-mac-mini:monks karl$ ./1119980.pl [1 .. 10] ([2 .. 11], [1 .. 10])