my(@kmers); my($x) = 0; my($y) = 0; for ($x=0, $x<7, $x++){ for ($y=0, $y<$AoA[$x], $y++){ my($firstword) = ''; $firstword = $AoA[$x][$y] =~ /^(\w+)/; push @kmers, $firstword; print $firstword."\n"; } }