Actually, unless it is the last element, you might have to use 'splice' using null doesn't seem to work, and using undef doesn't remove the array element. Consider the following code and output: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

my @array = ( "I", "am", "not", "a", "crook" );
print "Here is the original array\n";
my $ctr = 1;
foreach( @array )
   {
   print "$_\t $ctr\n";
   $ctr++;
   }
print "\n\nNow null it!\n";
$array[2] = NULL;
$ctr = 1;
foreach( @array )
   {
   print "$_\t $ctr\n";
   $ctr++;
   }
print "\n\nNow undef it!\n";
$array[2] = undef;
$ctr = 1;
foreach( @array )
   {
   print "$_\t $ctr\n";
   $ctr++;
   }

print "\n\nNow splice it!\n";
splice(@array, 2, 1);
$ctr = 1;
foreach( @array )
   {
   print "$_\t $ctr\n";
   $ctr++;
   }

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************OUTPUT*************** 
/tmp >./test
Here is the original array
I        1
am       2
not      3
a        4
crook    5


Now null it!
I        1
am       2
NULL     3
a        4
crook    5


Now undef it!
I        1
am       2
         3
a        4
crook    5


Now splice it!
I        1
am       2
a        3
crook    4

In reply to Re: Removing an element from an array by Anonymous Monk
in thread Removing an element from an array by Anonymous Monk

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