#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my @array_1; if ( ( localtime() )[3] % 2 ) { @array_1 = ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ); } push( @array_1, 5 ); print "@array_1\n"; my @array_2 = (); if ( ( localtime() )[3] % 2 ) { @array_2 = ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ); } push( @array_2, 5 ); print "@array_2\n";