Here is a very oversimplification of my problem. I have a foreach loop that loops over each element in a list. If after a long calculation I can delete it, I want to remove it from the array.

After looping over each element, I want to start over again on the elements that weren't deleted and try them again.

How would I get this code to work that way? Can I get the array index of the list element I'm currently evaluating inside the foreach loop? 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my @array = qw( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 );

foreach my $element ( @array ) {

  #  Doing tons of stuff here to test element
  #  Multiple DB Calls.  For sake of testing, we'll only
  #  test for even numbers.

  #  Can I print the element number of the array here?

  #  Delete element here if it matches.
  delete element being evaluated if it's even.

}

#  Should print an array with all odd values.
print Dumper \@array;

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In reply to Deleting specific element in array in FOREACH loop by awohld

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