#! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my @Array = ('AAA','BB','CCCC','DD','EEEEE','FFF','GGGG'); my $num_of_skip =2; for (0..$#Array){ #How can i make use of $num_of_skip here? print "$Array[$_]\n" if (length $Array[$_] !=2); }