$ perl -MData::Dumper -e '
> my @array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8);
> my @new_array = map{ [$array[2 * $_ - 1], $array[2 * $_]] } 1 .. @array/2;
-> print Dumper(\@new_array);'
$VAR1 = [
          [
            2,
            3
          ],
          [
            4,
            5
          ],
          [
            6,
            7
          ],
          [
            8,
            undef
          ]
        ];
$

##</code><code>##

$ perl -MData::Dumper -e '
> my @array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8);
> my @new_array = map{ [$array[2 * $_], $array[2 * $_ + 1]] } 0 .. $#array/2;
-> print Dumper(\@new_array);'
$VAR1 = [
          [
            1,
            2
          ],
          [
            3,
            4
          ],
          [
            5,
            6
          ],
          [
            7,
            8
          ]
        ];
$