use List::MoreUtils qw/natatime/; my @unique_vault_list = 0..31; my $iter = natatime 20, @unique_vault_list; while (my @cur = $iter->()) { ## now you have each group of 20 elements in @cur print "@cur\n"; } __END__ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31