use strict; use warnings; use List::Util 'min'; my %hash; my @array1 = ( 5, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 7 ); my @array2 = ( "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g" ); my %array1Hash = map { $array1[$_] => $_ } 0 .. $#array1; @hash{@array1} = @array2; my $array1Min = min @array1; print 'The minimum value in @array1 is ', $array1Min, ".\n"; print 'The position of ', $array1Min, ' in @array1 is ', $array1Hash{$array1Min}, ".\n"; print 'The element in @array2 at position ', $array1Min, ' is ', $hash{ min @array1 }, '.'; #### The minimum value in @array1 is 1. The position of 1 in @array1 is 4. The element in @array2 at position 1 is e.