my @data = map +{ name => $_, value => $roster{$_} }, keys %roster; for (fit($maxpoints, 0)) { print join(" ", map $data[$_]->{name}, @$_), "\n"; } sub fit { my($points, $start) = @_; return () if $points <= 0; map { my $index = $_; $points < $data[$_]->{value} ? () : ([ $index ], map [ $index, @$_ ], fit($points - $data[$_]->{value}, $index + 1)) } $start .. $#data; }