my @base = qw/foo bar/; my @redup; push @redup, @base for ( 1..5 ); # qw/foo bar foo bar .../ # or for ( @base ) { push @redup, $_ for (1..5) } # qw/foo foo ... bar bar .../ # or my $redup = join " ", map { "@base" } (1..5) # "foo bar foo bar ..." # etc.