#!/usr/bin/perl -wl use strict; my @idx= ( 2, 99, 5 ); my @a2z= ( 'a'..'z' ); my @arr= ( 10..16 ); print '(@arr,@a2z): ', scalar( (@arr,@a2z) ); print '(@arr,@a2z)[@idx]: ', scalar( (@arr,@a2z)[@idx] ); print '@arr[@idx]: ', scalar( @arr[@idx] );