$i = 0;
where 12 is the size of my array. and i is an index, or is there an al
+ternative?
while($i != 12){
    if($month = $array[i]){
         print "yes it's a month\n";
}
}


##</code><code>##

foreach my $item ($array) {
   print "its the month of $month\n" if ($month eq $array[$i];
}