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use strict;
my @a = (qw/a b c/);
my @b = (qw/d e f/);
my @c = (qw/g h i/);
my @d = (\@a, \@b, \@c);
print @{ @d[0] }; #print the first row (a b c)
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use strict;
my @a = (qw/a b c/);
my @b = (qw/d e f/);
my @c = (qw/g h i/);
my $d = [\@a, \@b, \@c];
print @{ $d->[1] }; # print the second row (d e f)