With the caveat that I'm really sure exactly what you are doing, I reformatted and tweaked a bit: 
use strict;
use warnings;

use Getopt::Long;

my $input = { output_type => 'default',
              files => [],
              eventlist => [] };

my $p = new Getopt::Long::Parser;

$p->configure('pass_through');

my $getoptret = $p->getoptions
(
    'files:s@'           => $input->{files},             #filename(s)
    'eventlist:s@'       => $input->{eventlist},        #name of the e
+ventlist
    'output_directory:s' => \$input->{output_directory}, # desired out
+put dir
);

die "Error: Give input SEED volume\n" unless defined $input->{files};

foreach (@{$input->{files}})
{
    die "Error: Missing file" unless -e;
}

die "Error: Give name of eventlist that should be used\n"
    unless defined $input->{eventlist};

die "Error: Give output directory\n"
    unless defined $input->{output_directory};

print "File List: @{$input->{files}}\n";
pritn "Event List: @{$input->{eventlist}}\n";
print "Output Directory: $input->{output_directory}\n";

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If you run it like this:

perl testit.pl -f test_1 -f test_2 -e event1 -e event2 -o outputdir

it will output this: 

File List: test_1 test_2
Event: event1 event2
Output Directory: outputdir

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In reply to Re: get array from getoptions by ctilmes
in thread get array from getoptions by Utrecht

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