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Idiom #26 Create a 2-dimensional array

Declare and initialize a matrix x having m rows and n columns, containing real numbers.

Idiom #26 Create a 2-dimensional array

Declare and initialize a matrix x having m rows and n columns, containing real numbers.

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my @array = (
   [ 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 ],
   [ 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 ],
   [ 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 ],
   "first three slots are a 3x3 identity matrix",
   "fourth and fifth slots contain strings"
);
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Perl has only one-dimensional arrays, but since each slot may hold an array, you can make as many dimensions as you want.