use Math::Cephes::Matrix qw(mat); $mat = mat [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]; $mat = $mat->coef; for my $i (1..2) { # 0 first index print "@{$mat->[$i]}[1..2]\n"; } # print "5 6 # 8 9"