c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my @array = ( [ 1, 2, 3, ], [ 'v' .. 'z' ], [ qw(one two) ], ); ;; for my $arrayref (@array) { for my $element (@$arrayref) { printf qq{'$element' }; } print ''; } " '1' '2' '3' 'v' 'w' 'x' 'y' 'z' 'one' 'two'