Examples @array = qw(1 3 2 4); push (@array, 2); # @array is now qw(1 3 2 4 2) $a = pop @array; # $a gets 2, @array is qw(1 3 2 4) unshift (@array, 8); # @array is now qw(8 1 3 2 4) $a = shift @array; # $a gets 8, @array is now qw(1 3 2 4) @array = sort @array; # @array is now qw(1 2 3 4) @array = reverse @array; # @array is now qw(4 3 2 1)