#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my $dimension = shift || 4; my @card_matrix = (1 .. $dimension ** 2); print_matrix(@card_matrix); print "\nrow? : "; my $row = ; chomp($row); print_matrix(reverse @card_matrix); print "\ncol? : "; my $col = ; chomp($col); print "\nsolution: ", $card_matrix[($row - 1) * $dimension + ($dimension - $col)]; sub print_matrix { my @matrix = @_; my $dimension = sqrt(@matrix); printf "\n" . "\t[%d]" x $dimension, (1..$dimension); for(my $row = 0; $row < $dimension; $row++) { printf "\n[%d]" . "\t%d" x $dimension, $row + 1, @matrix[$row * $dimension .. $row * $dimension + $dimension - 1]; } }