use List::MoreUtils qw( each_arrayref ); my @a = qw( a b c d e ); my $each = each_arrayref( [ 0..$#a ], \@a ); while ( my ($idx, $v) = $each->() ) { print "$idx: $v\n"; } #### use List::MoreUtils qw( each_array ); my @a = qw( a b c d e ); my $each = each_array( @a ); while ( my $v = $each->() ) { my $idx = $each->('index'); print "$idx: $v\n"; }