my @grp_advise = ( "normal,random,sequential", "willneed,dontneed,free", "access_lwp,access_many,access_default" ); for (my $grp_index = 0; $grp_index <= $#grp_advise; $grp_index++) { print "$grp_index ===> $grp_advise[$grp_index]\n"; }