my @data = qw( foo bar baz moo mar ); print("1st - 0 - $data[0]\n"); print("5th - 4 - $data[4]\n"); print("\n"); foreach $name (@data) { print "$name\n"; } #### 1st - 0 - foo 5th - 4 - mar foo bar baz moo mar #### use Data::Dumper; my @data = qw( foo bar baz moo mar ); print(Dumper(\@data)); #### $VAR1 = [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'moo', 'mar' ];