use strict; my @myarr; my $lpn; my $ppn; my $i; for ($i=0;$i<15;$i++) { ($lpn, $ppn) = get_ns($i); push @{ $myarr[$lpn] }, $ppn; } for my $index (0..$#myarr) { next unless defined $myarr[$index]; my @tmp; for my $subindex (0..scalar(@{$myarr[$index]})-1) { my $date; for ($date=0;$date<10;$date++) { $tmp[$date] = get_date($index, $subindex); } push @{$myarr[$index][$subindex]}, [ @tmp ]; } } sub get_ns { return (int(rand(100)), int(rand(100))); } sub get_date { return get_ns; } #### Can't use string ("23") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at ./eg.pl line 24. #### push @{$myarr[$index][$subindex]}, [ @tmp ];