use Statistics::R; use Data::Dumper; my @arr = qw(foo bar baz); my @mat = (["fred", "barney", "pebbles", "bambam"], ["george", "jane", "elroy", "judy"], ["homer", "bart", "marge", "maggie"]); my $R = Statistics::R->new(); $R->set('arr', \@arr); $R->set('mat', \@mat); my $r_arr = $R->get('arr'); my $r_mat = $R->get('mat'); print "Array:\n", Dumper($r_arr); print "Matrix:\n", Dumper($r_mat);