#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my @a = qw(0 1 2 3 4 5); print "$#a\n\n"; for my $i (0 .. $#a){ print "$i\n"; } print "elem 5: $a[$#a]\n"; # same as $a[-1] or $a[5] #### 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 elem 5: 5