#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my @arr = ("making","each","day","of","the","year","1"); while ( my($idx,$val) = each (@arr) ){ print "Index is: $idx. Value is: $val\n"; if($val =~ /^\d+$/){ do_my_function($val) } } sub do_my_function { my $v = shift; print "We're in the sub for value: $v\n" }