my $iter = do { my ($pos, $step) = ('0E0', 1); sub { my $r = $H{ $A[$pos] } ||= []; if ($pos % $#A || $pos =~ /E/) { $pos += $step; } else { $pos .= 'E0'; $step *= -1; } return $r } }; push @{ $iter->() }, $_ for @B;