#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @lol=([4,5,6,17,42],[10,20,30],[6,7,8,36,55,44]); my ($row,$max,$i); $row=$max=$i=0; for(@lol) { for ($_){ if ($#$_>$max){ $max=$#$_;$row=$i} ; }; $i++ } printf ("Maximum Index is %i, located in row %i \n",$max,$row);