for my $y ( 1 .. 3 ) { for my $x ( 1 .. 3 ) { print "[$x:$y] => ", $x*$y-1; } } [1:1] => 0 [2:1] => 1 [3:1] => 2 [1:2] => 1 [2:2] => 3 [3:2] => 5 [1:3] => 2 [2:3] => 5 [3:3] => 8