An array is an ordered list of scalars: strings and/or numbers. : Array Item « Array « Perl






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An array is an ordered list of scalars: strings and/or numbers.

    

#The elements of the array are indexed by integers starting at 0. 
#The name of the array is preceeded by an "@" sign.

@names = ( "J", "M", "L" );
print "@names";  # Prints the array with elements separated by a space
print "$names[0] and $names[2]";  
print "$names[-1]\n";  
$names[3]="N";    # Assign a new value as the 4th element








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