Reference single array element by using the $ not @

    

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my @array = (1, 3, 5, 7, 9);
print @array[1];
print $array[1];

1.	Convert array to scalar
2.	Assigning An Array To A Scalar
3.	Use a scalar variable as our subscript:
4.	Assign array variable to scalar variable
5.	Split a scalar to create a list
6.	Assign array value to a list of scalar variables
7.	Assigning an array value to a scalar variabe
8.	Scalar Data in an Array
9.	Place scalar variables in lists and arrays.

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