use strict; use warnings; my @list = (0, 2, 3); for my $w (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8) { print "count = $w\n"; make_sets1($w, ""); } sub make_sets1 { my ($weight, $temp_result) = @_; print "$temp_result\n" and return if $weight <= 0; for my $item (@list) { make_sets1( $weight -1, "$temp_result$item, "); } }