To access the first element of an array in Perl, you can use indexing with square brackets and the index 0.
In this example,
@numbers
with numeric values.$numbers[0]
and store it in a variable named $first_element
.my @numbers = (10, 20, 30, 40, 50);
my $first_element = $numbers[0];
print 'First element:', $first_element;
First element: 10
In this example,
@fruits
with string values.$fruits[0]
and store it in a variable named $first_fruit
.my @fruits = ("Apple", "Banana", "Cherry", "Date");
my $first_fruit = $fruits[0];
print 'First fruit:', $first_fruit;
First fruit: Apple
In this tutorial, we learned How to get First Element in Array in Perl language with well detailed examples.