#! /usr/bin/perl
use warnings; 
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my @n=0;
my @x;
my $j;
my $i;
my $dg;
my @x_jack;
my @x_tot=0;
my $cols;
my $col_start=0;

# read in the data
while(<DATA>)
{
  my @column = split();
  $cols=@column;
  foreach my $j ($col_start .. $#column) {
    $x[$n[$j]][$j] = $column[$j];
    $x_tot[$j] += $x[$n[$j]][$j];
    $n[$j]++;
  }
}

print "\n";
print "THE X ARRAY IS\n";
foreach my $rowref (@x)
{
   print "@$rowref\n";
}   
print "\n";
print "THE N ARRAY IS:\n";
print "@n";


=PRINTS:
Use of uninitialized value within @n in array element at line 22, <DATA> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value within @n in array element at line 23, <DATA> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value within @n in array element at line 22, <DATA> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value within @n in array element at line 23, <DATA> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value within @n in array element at line 22, <DATA> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value within @n in array element at line 23, <DATA> line 1.

THE X ARRAY IS
1.1 2.1 3.1 4.1
1.2 2.2 3.2 4.2
1.3 2.3 3.3 4.3
1.4 2.4 3.4 4.4

THE N ARRAY IS:
4 4 4 4
=cut


__DATA__
1.1 2.1 3.1 4.1
1.2 2.2 3.2 4.2
1.3 2.3 3.3 4.3
1.4 2.4 3.4 4.4