For starters:

perl script which outputs an array:

#!/usr/bin/perl
# line 2 array.pl 
@ary = $ARGV[0] eq '-n'? (10..15) : (a..f);
print "@ary\n";
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perl script which outputs a hash:

#!/usr/bin/perl
# line 2 script hash.pl
my %hash = (
    foo  => 42,
    bar  => 1e3,
    quux => 0,
);
print "$_ $hash{$_}\n" for sort keys %hash;
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bash script using them:

#!/bin/bash
# script example.sh
declare -a LETTERS
declare -a NUMBERS
NUMBERS=(`array.pl -n`)
LETTERS=($(array.pl))
i=0
while [ $i -lt ${#NUMBERS[@]} ];
do
    echo ${NUMBERS[$i]} is ${LETTERS[$i]}
    i=$((i + 1))
done

./hash.pl | while read key value
do
    echo string: $key, number: $value
done
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bash$ ./example.sh
10 is a
11 is b
12 is c
13 is d
14 is e
15 is f
string: bar, number: 1000
string: foo, number: 42
string: quux, number: 0
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