c:\@Work\Perl>perl -wMstrict -le "my $s = ('foo', 'bar', 'baz')[1]; print qq{'$s'}; ;; $s = (qw(zip zap zop))[1]; print qq{'$s'}; ;; $s = qw(hic hac hoc)[1]; print qq{'$s'}; " 'bar' 'zap' 'hac'