#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @temps = ('69', '70', '71'); my @numbers = ('0.115', '3.667', '4.78'); my $counter=0; my $index=0; my $largest=shift @numbers; for (@numbers){ $index = $counter if ($temps[$counter++]>$largest); } print $temps[$index]; #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @temps = ('69', '70', '71'); my @numbers = ('0.115', '3.667', '4.78'); my $index=0; my $largest=$numbers[0]; for (1 .. $#numbers) { if ($numbers[$_] > $largest){ $largest=$numbers[$_]; $index=$_; } } print $temps[$index];