#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %descriptor_array = ( 1 => [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], 2 => [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], 3 => [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], 4 => [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], ); foreach my $array_no (1 .. 4) { print "$array_no: @{$descriptor_array{$array_no}}\n"; }