sub greedy_change { my $change = shift; my $coin_count = 0; my @combo; my $blah = sub { print "Code doesn't get run after once.\n"; my @lengths = ($_[1]); my $new_count = 0; $lengths[$_] = $_[$_+1] - $_[$_] for 1..$#denoms; $new_count += $lengths[$_]/$denoms[$_] for 0..$#denoms; if (!$coin_count or $new_count < $coin_count) { print "$change: $new_count is better than $coin_count\n"; $coin_count = $new_count; @combo = @lengths; } }; print "Trying to change $change with @denoms...\n"; print "$expr on $_\n"; $_ = ('1' x $change); if ( m{^$expr$ (?{ $blah->(@+) }) }x) { print "Matched!\n"; } if ($coin_count) { print "C=$coin_count\n"; } else { print "No matching combination found\n"; } @combo; }