my @data = [ [ 0 ], 1, 2, [ 3, 4, 5 ], 6, [ 7, 8, [ 9, 10 ], [ 11, [ 12 ], 13 ], ], 14 ]; my $it = genIterator( \@data ); use DDP; p @data; while (defined( my $x = $it->() )) { say $x; } __END__ [ [0] [ [0] [ [0] 0 ], [1] 1, [2] 2, [3] [ [0] 3, [1] 4, [2] 5 ], [4] 6, [5] [ [0] 7, [1] 8, [2] [ [0] 9, [1] 10 ], [3] [ [0] 11, [1] [ [0] 12 ], [2] 13 ] ], [6] 14 ] ] 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14