use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @mainarr; my @arr1=qw(a b c d e); my @arr2=qw(f g h i j); my @arr3=qw(k l m n o); push(@mainarr,\@arr1); push(@mainarr,\@arr2); push(@mainarr,\@arr3); # print Dumper \@mainarr; my $index=0; foreach (@mainarr){ print @{$mainarr[$index]} if $index == 1; $index+=1; }