### Array # Indexes of 0-4 automatically assigned by Perl! my @kpi = qw/10 20 30 40/; print "line$kpi[$_]\n" for 0..4; ### Hash my %kpi; # Populating via hash slice to save typing @kpi{0..4} = qw/10 20 30 40 50/; print "line$kpi{$_}\n" for 0..4;