Anonymous Monk,
While there is a module that has just the function you are looking for, your second question leads me to offer the "low water mark" solution. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my @list = qw(4 78 3 89 4 1000 5);

my %minimum;
for my $index ( 0 .. $#list ) {
   @minimum{ qw(index min) } = ($index , $list[$index]) if ! %minimum;
   if ( $list[$index] < $minimum{min} ) {
       @minimum{ qw(index min) } = ($index , $list[$index]);
   }
}
print "The index of the smallest number is : $minimum{index}\n";
print "The valud of the smallest number is : $minimum{min}\n";

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Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: find minimum in list by Limbic~Region
in thread find minimum in list by Anonymous Monk

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