use strict; use Data::Dumper; my @array; for (my $i = 0; $i < 5; ++$i) { LABEL: my @y; push(@y, $i); push(@array, \@y); if ($i & 1) { ++$i; goto LABEL; } } print(Dumper(\@array), "\n"); #### $VAR1 = [ [ 0 ], [ 1, 2 ], $VAR1->[1], [ 3, 4 ], $VAR1->[3] ]; #### my @y; #### my @y = ();