• Store any number of ordered scalars
• numbers
• strings
• references
• any combination of above
• Have a name preceded by an @ character
• May be declared in a local scope with a my qualifier

        my @fibonacci = (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11);         # Numbers
        my @fruits = ("apples", "bananas", "cherries"); # Strings
        my @grade_synonyms = (100, "A++", "Perfect");   # Both