I receive an error message like this:

"Can't use string ("1") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at AllShare_emp_AfrEur.pl line 185."

where line 185 takes the form of:

push @MySeparateArray, $MyArrayOfArrays[$i][$a];

Can anyone suggest what type of problem the error message is getting at? I know I'm not providing much information, but I wouldn't want to paste my 500 line script here. The $i and $a variables should be non-negative integers, and there should definitely be a value at those coordinates in my array-of-arrays. I remember getting a similar error recently while using an array-of-arrays, and ended up just rewriting things a different way - but I'd really like to understand what's going wrong here. I've used AoA's a fair bit, but I don't understand what array reference the error's referring to. Thanks!

In reply to Array of arrays problem by sunwolf78

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