$dec = pdl [[1,1,2,2,2],[10,15,13,11,4]]; my $min = $dec->(:,0) ->minimum; my $max = $dec->(:,0) ->maximum; print $max,"fwe\n"; $v = zeroes(2,2); $v(0,0) .= $min; $v(0,1) .= $max; for (my $i =$min; $i< 3; $i++) { $v(1,$i-1) .= $dec->(:,1)-> index(which $dec->(:,0) eq $i)->maximum; }