use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; my @arr1 = ("1", "", ""); my @arr2 = ("", "3", "4"); for my $index (0 .. 2) { say int($arr1[$index]) + int($arr2[$index]); } --output:-- Argument "" isn't numeric in int at 2perl.pl line 9. 1 Argument "" isn't numeric in int at 2perl.pl line 9. 3 Argument "" isn't numeric in int at 2perl.pl line 9. 4