#!/usr/bin/perl my $arrayVar = {}; # this is actually a hashref print "Filling Array...\n"; my ($rows,$cols) = (10, 10); foreach my $row (0..($rows-1)){ foreach my $col (0..($cols-1)){ $arrayVar->{"$row,$col"} = 2*$row + 3*$col; } } foreach my $key (sort keys %$arrayVar){ print "$key -> ",$$arrayVar{$key},"\n"; #or # print "$key -> ",$arrayVar->{$key},"\n"; }