#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @array; # no enclosing braces - scoped to Main my $var1 = 3; my $var2 = 4; foreach (1..10) { push @array , $_; } if ($var2 > $var1) { my @array = ($var1 , $var2); print "$_\n" foreach (@array); } print "Other array\n"; print "$_\n" foreach (@array);