use strict; my @alpha = qw(a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z); my $x=0; my $y=0; my @outtie; my ($xx, $yy, $S, $al, $ap); #INPUT foreach $_ (@alpha) { foreach $al (@alpha) { print "X = $x Y = $y "; $outtie[$x][$y] = $al; print "SET to $al\n"; $x++; } $y++; $x=0; } #OUTPUT $yy = 0; $xx = 0; while ($yy < 26) { $xx = 0; while ($xx < 26) { print " $outtie[$xx][$yy] "; $xx++; } print "\n"; $yy++; }