%AniType = (cats => ["I", "like", "cats"], dogs => ["I", "like", "dogs"], none => ["I", "like", "neither"], both => ["I", "like", "both"], ); if ($likecats) {@AniAry = $AniType{cats} } elsif ($likedogs) {@AniAry = $AniType{dogs} } elsif ($likeboth) {@AniAry = $AniType{both} } else {@AniAry = $AniType{none} } foreach $line (0..2) { print "$AniAry[$line] MiscArya[$line] MiscAryb[$line] \n"; }