Varray in pl\sql

Hi All,
iam using the following varray in pl\sql
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE EMPARRAY is VARRAY(20) OF VARCHAR2(30)
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure getEmpArray1 (emp out EMPARRAY)
AS
l_data EmpArray := EmpArray();
CURSOR c_emp IS SELECT ename FROM EMP;
BEGIN
FOR emp_rec IN c_emp LOOP
l_data.extend;
l_data(l_data.count) := emp_rec.ename;
END LOOP;
END;
it is created successfully,can anyone tell how to view the data in emp out EMPARRAY from the procedure
thanks in advance
Farza

FOR i IN l_data.FIRST .. l_data.LAST LOOP
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