c:\test>perl -wle"@b = 1.. 1000; $#a = 10; print \$_ for @a" Name "main::b" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1. SCALAR(0x225138) SCALAR(0x225120) SCALAR(0x225144) SCALAR(0x225168) SCALAR(0x18243b0) SCALAR(0x1824428) SCALAR(0x1824434) SCALAR(0x1824440) SCALAR(0x2267c8) SCALAR(0x2267d4) SCALAR(0x2267e0)