I have an array such as this : 
$Array1[0][0] = 10;
$Array1[0][1] = 15;
$Array1[1][0] = 20;
$Array1[1][1] = 30;
....
@Array2 = @Array1;
# Loop through @Array1 and make changes to it. After loop I want to ma
+ke reference to initial values that were stored in Array1 through use
+ of Array2.

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How can I copy Array1 (2 dimensional array) and use that copy after the loop the exact same way as I would trying to access items from the newly updated Array1 array? I tried @Array2 = @Array1 but any changes to Array1 are reflected in Array2. Should I use Storable::dclone? What would be the simpliest steps needed to copy the array and afterwards reference the exact same way as the modified Array1? Thanks in advance for any help.

In reply to Copying multi-dimensional array by rpike

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