This is the syntax for an array slice:

print @route[0..9];
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"i do not want use any sort of loop command to achieve this"

See: slice

A slice accesses several elements of a list, an array, or a hash simul
+taneously using a list of subscripts
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my @subset = @route[0..9];
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A key to understanding Perl is that the sigils ($, @, %, ...) tell you the type of the thing that an expression returns. $route[1..10] returns a scalar value. @route[1..10] returns a list.

The $route[1..10] case is particularly interesting because with strictures (you do always use warnings and strict, use strict; use warnings;, don't you?) you get a message like:

Use of uninitialized value $. in range (or flip) at ...
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See Flipin good, or a total flop? for why that is.

Just for the sake of completeness:

If you want to access the first 10 values of the array, and leave them there, then an array slice is the way to go, as explained by hippo, 1nickt, and GrandFather.

But if you want to remove the first 10 elements into a second array, and then access them, use Perl’s splice function:

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump;

# Populate @route with 100 strings: 'aa', 'ab', 'ac', ... 'dv'
my   $string = 'aa';
my   @route;
push @route, $string++ for 1 .. 100;

# Remove and print the first 10 elements
my   @first_ten = splice @route, 0, 10;
dd  \@first_ten;

# Print the remaining elements
dd  \@route;
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Output:

13:05 >perl 1517_SoPW.pl
["aa" .. "aj"]
["ak" .. "dv"]

13:05 >
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Hope that helps,

Thanks for all your inputs. Splice did what i actually want to do.

for(0..9) { 
  print " ", $route[ $_ ]; 
}
#or 
print " ", $route[ $_ ] for (0..9);

#or
perl -e 'my @a = qw(10 34 3 4 30 50 60 77); for(0, 2, 4, 6..7) { print
+ " ", $a[ $_ ]; }'

perl -e 'my @a = qw(10 34 3 4 30 50 60 77); print " ", $a[ $_ ] for(0,
+ 2, 4, 6..7);'

# will give: 10 3 30 60 77
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The op wrote "i do not want use any sort of loop command to achieve this". How do any of your "solutions" fit this criteria?

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