#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests => 3; use Test::NoWarnings; my @matrix = ( [1, 2], [undef, 9], [3, 4] ); my $to_keep = 3; my @matrix_defined = grep { defined $_->[0] } @matrix; is $#matrix_defined, 1, '2 rows after prefilter'; my @matrix_filtered = grep { $_->[0] =~ /$to_keep/ } @matrix_defined; is $#matrix_filtered, 0, '1 row after full filter';