displayArguments( "A", "B", 2, 15, 73, 2.79 );

# output the subroutine arguments using special variable @_
sub displayArguments
{
   # the following loop displays each individual argument
   for ( $i = 0; $i < @_; ++$i ) {
      print "Argument $i: $_[ $i ]\n";
   }

}
