c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my @shapes = ( [qw/circle square triangle polygon/], [qw/red green blue yellow fuschia/], [qw/a b c d e f g h i j k/] , [qw/Movie TV Radio/] , ); ;; for my $arrayref (@shapes) { printf qq{'$arrayref->[$_]' } for 2 .. $#$arrayref; print ''; } " 'triangle' 'polygon' 'blue' 'yellow' 'fuschia' 'c' 'd' 'e' 'f' 'g' 'h' 'i' 'j' 'k' 'Radio'