N:\>perl -MDevel::Peek -e"my @x=(1..2); Dump($x[0]); $y=join '-',@x; Dump($x[0]); SV = IV(0x182b3e4) at 0x2257e8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 1 SV = PVIV(0x225ef4) at 0x2257e8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) IV = 1 PV = 0x22d3fc "1"\0 CUR = 1 LEN = 2 #### print join map { "$_" },@list;