Binding array to pattern

I'd like to bind an array to a pattern. I couldn't find anything in
the Camel book about the context for the left side of the binding
operator. I ran some tests, and it appears that I get scalar context
if I write

while (@anarray =~ /pattern/g) {
block;
}

which means that I match against the size rather than the contents. I
tried

while ("@anarray" =~ /pattern/g) {
block;
}

but that went into a loop. Is there a better way to do this than

$_="@anarray";
while (/pattern/g) {
block;
}

?

Is there a description that I missed of interpolation for the left
side of the binding operator?

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