use strict; my @options = ( 'Perfect for me', 'Okay, but my first choice was taken', 'My real name, blame my parents', 'Cowboy Neal', ); for (0..$#options) { print "\n\n"; print "\n"; print qq|$options[$_]\n|; print "\n\n"; } #### select option.description from option inner join poll on option.poll_id = poll.id order by option.number