Hey guys, New perl user here. I'm getting an error and I'm guessing i'm just stupid. I tried searching a bit and really didn't find a solution Here's some silly test code I'm using. I have an array of array names (actually an array of strings). I simply want to grab that array of strings and use it to create arrays of the same name. I've got to do something like this on a much larger scale, but decided to do proof of concept first. Here's my test code snippet (I get no syntax or compilation error but it doesn't work) 
#!/usr/bin/env perl

use Cwd;

our $cwd = getcwd();

@arr = ('cars', 'trucks');


@$arr[0] = (4,3,2,1);

print @trucks;

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This on the other hand, works quite well and it seems to be the same thing with one line condensed 
#!/usr/bin/env perl

use Cwd;

our $cwd = getcwd();

@arr = ('cars', 'trucks');

$str = $arr[0];

@$str = (4,3,2,1);

print @cars;

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Wondering if somebody could point me in the right direction or slap some sense into my head Thanks in advance

In reply to Working with an Array of Array Names by idiotek

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