use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump qw/pp dd/; use Test::More; sub matrix3 (&@){ my ($code,@dims) = @_; my @coor =(undef)x@dims; my $rec; $rec = sub { my @dims =@_; return $code->(@coor) unless @dims; my $level = - @dims; my $max = shift @dims; my $cursor = \$coor[$level]; my @arr; for ( 0 .. $max ) { $$cursor = $_; $arr[$_] = $rec->(@dims); } return \@arr; }; return $rec->(@dims); } my $a_matrix = matrix3 {"<@_>"} 3,2,1; my @classic; for my $x (0..3) { for my $y (0..2) { for my $z (0..1) { $classic[$x][$y][$z] = "<$x $y $z>"; } } } is_deeply($a_matrix,\@classic,"same matrix"); pp \@classic; done_testing;