# Here's one using 'push': my @array; push @array, sprintf "%2d", $info; push @array, sprintf "%3f", $moreinfo; # Here's another way: my @array; $array[0] = sprintf "%2d", $info; $array[1] = sprintf "%2s", $moreinfo; # And now you can iterate over the array: foreach my $item ( @array ) { print $item, "\n"; }