use strict; use warnings; my $string = 'ATATGCGCAT'; for my $num (0 .. 2**11 - 1) { print "$num: ", join('', map { substr($string, $_, 1) . ($num & (2**(9 - $_)) ? '2' : '1'); } 0 .. 9 ), "\n"; } #### 2039: A2T2A2T2G2C2G1C2A2T2 2040: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C1A1T1 2041: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C1A1T2 2042: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C1A2T1 2043: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C1A2T2 2044: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C2A1T1 2045: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C2A1T2 2046: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C2A2T1 2047: A2T2A2T2G2C2G2C2A2T2