$ perl -E " say for [1..4],[5..8] " ARRAY(0x3f8adc) ARRAY(0x9b9eac) #### $ perl -E " say for @{ [1..4],[5..8] }" 5 6 7 8 #### $ perl -E " say @$_ for [1..4],[5..8] " 1234 5678 #### $ perl -E " say 1,2,3,4; say 5..8; " 1234 5678 #### $ perl -E " say qq{@$_} for [1..4],[5..8] " 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 #### $ perl -E " say qq{[@$_]} for [1..4],[5..8] " [1 2 3 4] [5 6 7 8] #### $ perl -E " local $\"=q{,}; say qq{[@$_]} for [1..4],[5..8] " [1,2,3,4] [5,6,7,8] #### $ perl -E " say q{[}, join( q{,}, @$_ ), q{]} for [1..4],[5..8] " [1,2,3,4] [5,6,7,8] #### $ perl -E " %f = 6..9; say for values %f; " 9 7 $ perl -E " %f = 6..9; say for scalar values %f; " 2