$ perl -le' my @array = ( 99, 67, 0, -100, -38, 98 ); my ( $min, $max ) = @array; for my $element ( @array ) { $min = $element if $min > $element; $max = $element if $max < $element; } print "Min = $min and Max = $max"; ' Min = -100 and Max = 99