my @column_names = ('col1', 'col2','col3'); my @values = ('val1','val2','val3','val4','val5','val6'); my $num_vals = $#values / $#column_names; print "
| $column_names[$r] | "; for $c (0 .. $num_vals - 1) { $val = ($r*$num_vals)+$c; print "$values[$val] | "; } print "