note chb This works, too: <code> @{${$another[0]}}[$i] </code> I think ist is a little bit clearer (from in to out): 1. fetch array element 0, 2. dereference, 3. treat it like an array, 4. fetch via <code>[$i]</code>. <p> But this all looks really ugly. It would be better to fix the strange assignment to <code>@another</code> than to use such a complicated expression just to fetch a value... 90647 410365