Hello, I am trying to split an array and when I do and I try to print the first element of the array, it is returning the number of lines in the array and not the element, see code below; 
     42 my @command_array = <FILE>; 
     43 close(FILE);
     44 
     45 print "@command_array\n";
     46 my @command_array_split = split(/:/,@command_array);
     47 
     48 
     49 print "Individual Elements\n\n";
     50 print "@command_array_split[0]\n";
     51 print "@command_array_split[1]\n";

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7     ---- Why is this coming back and not the value of the element---
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How do I print the array elements and not the # of lines in the array?

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