use strict; my $AofA = buildAofA(); display_AofA($AofA); sub buildAofA { my $AofA = [ [qw( one two three four )], [qw( five six seven eight )], [qw( nine ten eleven )], ]; return $AofA; } sub display_AofA { my $AofA = shift; foreach my $array (@$AofA) { print join(',',@$array), "\n"; } }