#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $str = "1,2,3,4,5"; my @array = (); my ($ids, $attri) = split /,/, $str; print " \$ids: [$ids]\n"; print " \$attri: [$attri]\n"; splice (@array,$ids, 1); print " \@array:\n"; my $array_index = 0; foreach my $array_element (@array) { print " [$array_index]: [$array_element]\n"; } print "Okay, now what?\n"; sub refreshdisplay{ my $id=0; my $arraylist = ""; for($id=0;$id<=$#array;$id++){ if($id == 0){ $arraylist = "$array[0]"; } else{ $arraylist .= "$id,$array[$id]\n"; } } }