>perl -wMstrict -le "my @ra_2d = ( [ qw(a b c) ], [ qw(x y z) ], [ qw(p q r) ], ); ;; print join '-', $ra_2d[1] ; print join '-', @{ $ra_2d[1] }; ;; for my $arrayref_row (@ra_2d) { print join ':', @$arrayref_row; } " ARRAY(0xafc9dc) x-y-z a:b:c x:y:z p:q:r