my %moves; foreach my $i ( -7..-1, 1..7 ) { push @{$moves{'rook'}}, [$i,0], [0,$i]; } my %valid_moves; $valid_moves{'rook'} = []; foreach my $i ( 0 .. 7 ) { $valid_moves{'rook'}->[$i] = []; foreach my $j ( 0 .. 7 ) { $valid_moves{'rook'}->[$i]->[$j] = []; foreach my $move ( @{$moves{'rook'}} ) { my $x = $i - ($move->[0]); next if ( $x < 0 or $x > 7 ); my $y = $j - ($move->[1]); next if ( $y < 0 or $y > 7 ); push @{$valid_moves{'rook'}->[$i]->[$j]}, [$x,$y]; } } }