x = [ 'apple', 'banana', 'orange' ] for i, val in enumerate(x): print i, val #### 0 apple 1 banana 2 orange #### x = [ 'apple', 'banana', 'orange' ] x.each_with_index { |val, i| print "#{i} #{val}\n" } #### use List::MoreUtils qw(each_array); my @x = ( 'apple', 'banana', 'orange' ); my $it = each_array( @{[0..$#x]}, @x ); while ( my ($i, $val) = $it->() ) { print "$i $val\n"; } #### my @x = ( 'apple', 'banana', 'orange' ); while ( my ($i, $val) = each @x ) { print "$i $val\n"; }