$s = "evian-eauminerale"; $t = "borisvian-ecrivain"; foreach my $i (1..length($s)) { foreach my $j (1..length($t)) { if (substr($s, $i-1, 1) eq substr($t, $j-1, 1)) { $M[$i][$j] = $M[$i-1][$j-1]+1; $M[$i-1][$j-1] = 0; } } } foreach @array (@M) { foreach $element (@array) { print "$element "; } print "\n"; }