problem: I'm adding elements to an array according to positions defined in a lookup table, so when it comes time to print the array some elements are undefined.(this is the correct behaviour - not to be "fixed")
current solution: when printing, I test: 
if($array[$i][$j] == 0){
    $array[$i][$j] = 0;}

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and though this works (i.e. when I print I don't try and print an uninitialized variable) if I execute with warnings on, perl complains.
question: So, learned monks, what is the smart solution?
Thanks,
Ntav
Not Another Perl Hacker
In fact I'm more used to declarative programming so the above code looks rather odd to me!

In reply to undefined elements in array by Ntav

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