my @displacement = ( [-1, -1], [-1, 0], [-1, +1], [ 0, -1], [ 0, 0], [ 0, +1], [+1, -1], [+1, 0], [+1, +1], [-1, -1], ); sub check_coord { my ($x, $y, $wall, $coord)= @_; for($displacement[$coord - 1]) { $x += $_->[0]; $y += $_->[1]; } return if $y < 0 or $x < 0 or not defined( $map[$y] or $map[$y][$x] ); return $map[$y][$x] eq $wall; }