my @array1 = ('one','two','three') ; my @array2 = (1,2,3) ; &combinearray(\@array1,\@array2); sub combinearray{ my @arr1=@{$_[0]}; my @arr2=@{$_[1]}; my @combinarr; foreach my $var(@arr1){ my $tem=$var.':'.shift @arr2; push(@combinarr,$tem); } print "@combinarr"; }