use strict; my @array = ('foo', 'bar', 'baz'); my $temp; $temp = @array; print "$temp\n"; $temp = ('foo', 'bar', 'baz'); print "$temp\n"; ($temp) = @array; print "$temp\n"; ($temp) = @array[0..2]; print "$temp\n"; $temp = @array[0..2]; print "$temp\n";