[11:04:18.32] P:\test>perl my $n = 4; for my $i (1..2**$n-1) { printf "%2d (0b%04b) has bits [ ", $i, $i; for my $j (0..$n-1) { if ($i & 2**$j) { print $j, " "; } # end-if } # end-for print "] set\n"; } # end-for ^Z 1 (0b0001) has bits [ 0 ] set 2 (0b0010) has bits [ 1 ] set 3 (0b0011) has bits [ 0 1 ] set 4 (0b0100) has bits [ 2 ] set 5 (0b0101) has bits [ 0 2 ] set 6 (0b0110) has bits [ 1 2 ] set 7 (0b0111) has bits [ 0 1 2 ] set 8 (0b1000) has bits [ 3 ] set 9 (0b1001) has bits [ 0 3 ] set 10 (0b1010) has bits [ 1 3 ] set 11 (0b1011) has bits [ 0 1 3 ] set 12 (0b1100) has bits [ 2 3 ] set 13 (0b1101) has bits [ 0 2 3 ] set 14 (0b1110) has bits [ 1 2 3 ] set 15 (0b1111) has bits [ 0 1 2 3 ] set