I dont really think this is a very scalable solution, it will get confusing and unmaintainable over time.

Chapter 2 in the Advanced Perl Cookbok deals with matricies. To quote 2.2:

@matrix = (
    [1, 2, 3],
    [4, 5, 6],
    [7, 8, 9]
); 
# Change 6, the element at row  1, column 2 to 100
$matrix[1][2] = 100;

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You can also use a hash representation of the same matrix. (quoting 2.2 again)

$matrix{0}{2} = 100;
$matrix{1}{0} = 200;
$matrix{2}{1} = 300;

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As you dont need to preinit data structures in perl, you can just add a new cell by doing something like: $matrix{1}{0}{0} = 400;

Update: I asked something about variable variables one other time here. It lead me to the conclusion it wasnt really a good idea.. :-)

In reply to Re: Variables in variable names by Ryszard
in thread [untitled node, ID 216639] by Samn

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