use strict; #a good habit to start your program with line use warnings; #another good habit too... my @array1 = ("one", "two", "five"); my @array2 = ("three","four"); my @array3 = ("one","two",@array2,"five"); my @array4 = ("one","two",'@array2',"five"); my @array5 = ("one","two","@array2","five"); print "@array3\n"; print "@array4\n"; print "@array5\n";