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#Each element of an array is a scalar value.
#Each element of an array can be accessed using the Perl syntax for scalars, $, with an index into the array. 
#Perl starts counting array indices with 0. 


() # Empty list.
@array = (1,2,3,'red');

print "@array\n";

print "$array[1]\n";

# Assignment.
$array[2] = 'maroon';
print "@array\n";








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