In Perl, an array is a data structure that stores a collection of elements. An array can be declared using the @ symbol, followed by the list of elements enclosed in parentheses. For example:
my @array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
To check if an array is null, you can use the defined() function. The defined() function returns true if the variable passed to it is defined and not null, and false otherwise. For example: