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Flip-flop, maybe?
perl -le '@full = ( 0..100 ); for ( @full ) { print STDOUT "$_: LIGHTS ON" if /20/ .. /30/; print STDOUT "$_: LIGHTS OFF" if /60/ .. /70/; } ' __output__ 20: LIGHTS ON 21: LIGHTS ON 22: LIGHTS ON 23: LIGHTS ON 24: LIGHTS ON 25: LIGHTS ON 26: LIGHTS ON 27: LIGHTS ON 28: LIGHTS ON 29: LIGHTS ON 30: LIGHTS ON 60: LIGHTS OFF 61: LIGHTS OFF 62: LIGHTS OFF 63: LIGHTS OFF 64: LIGHTS OFF 65: LIGHTS OFF 66: LIGHTS OFF 67: LIGHTS OFF 68: LIGHTS OFF 69: LIGHTS OFF 70: LIGHTS OFF
Though I do not know the proper syntax with variable assignment, so cannot turn the durn lights off! So, it half works....
perl -le '@full = ( 0..20 ); for $ea ( @full ) { print STDOUT "$ea: LIGHTS ON" if $ea =~ /6/ .. /10/; print STDOUT "$ea: LIGHTS OFF" if $ea =~ /15/ .. /20/; } ' __output__ 6: LIGHTS ON 7: LIGHTS ON 8: LIGHTS ON 9: LIGHTS ON 10: LIGHTS ON 11: LIGHTS ON 12: LIGHTS ON 13: LIGHTS ON 14: LIGHTS ON 15: LIGHTS ON 15: LIGHTS OFF 16: LIGHTS ON 16: LIGHTS OFF 17: LIGHTS ON 17: LIGHTS OFF 18: LIGHTS ON 18: LIGHTS OFF 19: LIGHTS ON 19: LIGHTS OFF 20: LIGHTS ON 20: LIGHTS OFF
Hope it helps!