my $string1="hallohallohallo"; my $string2="hannahannahanna"; my @array1; my @array2; push(@array1,$string1); push(@array2,$string2); my $count=0; for my $i (0..$#array1){ if($i % 5 == 0){ for my $j($count..$i){ print $array1[$j]."\n"; print $array2[$j]."\n"; } $count=$i; } }