use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump qw/pp dd/; my $goal = [3,1]; my ($gl,$gr) = @$goal; my @results; pathfinder( [0,0,"start"] ); # start pp \@$_ for @results; sub pathfinder { my ( $last ) = @_; my ( $l, $r ) = @$last ; if ( $gl == $l ) { if ($gr == $r) { push @results,[ reverse @_]; } else { warn "wrong",pp [reverse @_]; return } } # left pathfinder( [$l+1,$r ,"left"], @_ ) if $l < $gl - ($gr - $r); # right pathfinder( [$l+1,$r+1,"right"], @_ ) if $r < $gr; }