use warnings; use strict; use feature 'state'; sub find { state @cache = (1); my $num = shift; return 0 if $num < 0; if ( defined $cache[$num] ) { return $cache[$num] } $cache[$num] = find($num-1) + find($num-2) + find($num-3); return $cache[$num]; } use Test::More tests=>3; is find(2), 2; is find(3), 4; is find(4), 7;