#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump; my @x = ( 1 .. 2 ); my @y = ( 3 .. 4 ); dd \@x; dd \@y; my @result = map { $_ } ( @x, @y ); dd \@result; dd \@x; dd \@y; __END__ karls-mac-mini:monks karl$ ./1nickt.pl [1, 2] [3, 4] [1 .. 4] [1, 2] [3, 4]