in reply to assigning a value to several vars

$min [$i] = $max [$i] = $emax [$i] = $len; ($min [$i], $max [$i], $emax [$i]) = ($len) x 3; { no strict 'refs'; for my $name (qw /min max emax/) {$$name [$i] = $len} } for my $name (qw /min max emax/) { eval "$name [\$i] = \$len;"; }

Abigail