use strict; my @column_names = ('col1', 'col2','col3'); my @values = ('val1','val2','val3','val4','val5','val6', 'val7', 'val8'); my $number_of_rows = @column_names; my $number_of_values = @values; my $row_number; print ''; foreach my $row (@column_names) { print ''; for (my $value_number=$row_number; $value_number<$number_of_values; $value_number+=$number_of_rows) { print ''; } $row_number++; print ''; } print '
',$row,'',$values[$value_number],'
';