use strict; use warnings; use Data::Alias; use Data::Dumper; my @foo = qw( A T T G C T T G C T T C ); alias my @view = ( @foo[1,2], @foo[5,6] ); alias push @view, @foo[7,8]; # Added alias here. map {$_='$'} @view; print Dumper \@foo; print "nok" if $foo[7] ne '$';