use strict; use warnings; my @values = qw( 5 3 2 12 2 ); my @names = qw( Cat Bat Cow Dog Rat ); my $min; my @indices; foreach my $ix ( 0 .. $#values ) { if( ! defined $min or $values[$ix] < $min ) { @indices = ($ix); $min = $values[$ix]; } elsif( $min == $values[$ix] ) { push @indices, $ix; } } print "Lowest value: $min\n"; print "$_ => $names[$_]\n" for @indices;