I wish to split a command line argument into a two dimensional array of variable sizes.
My perl knowledge is obviously limited, and Im sure this can be done...

(typical $argv = :a1:b1:c1:d1;:a2:b2:c2;:a3;:a4;:a5:b5;:a6:b6:c6;:a7:b7)
note- 7 rows use ";" delimiter, and a variable number of cols use ":" delimiter.
desired 2D array format is $squad[$row][$col]
also note- $squad[$row][0] will be null coz of a preceding delimiter, I wish to remove (shift) this if possible


I have easily split my command line argument into 1st array..
@squad = split (/;/, $ARGV[0]);

From there on I have trouble, but can you correct this for me please..

for ($row=0;$row<7;$row++) {
# same as foreach $row (0..$#squad) I presume?
    @squad[$row] = split(/:/, $squad[$row]);   # wrong syntax ?!
    shift(@squad[$row]);                       # remove 1st null eleme
+nt (wrong again?!)
    foreach $col (0..$#{$squad[$row]}) {
        print "$squad[$row][$col]";
    }
    print "\n";
}

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