Accessing Perl Array Members


	Lesson 8 Objective	Accessing array members Array subscript allows access to array elements
		As we learned in the previous lessons, an array is simply a list of scalars. The list can contain any scalars and has a definite order. To access a particular element of an array, you can use the array subscript syntax like this: @characters = ("dave", "frank", "hal"); print "$characters[0]\n"; Perl Subscript The subscript, sometimes also called the index, is the number in the brackets (`[0]`). The first member of the array (`"dave"`) is element number zero. You will also notice that the `$` is used to access the array, because the member of the array is a scalar. In the next lesson, subscripts will be examined in more detail.