my @lists = ( [1,2,6], [4,5], [7,3], ); # Init indexes to zero my @idx = map { 0 } (0..$#lists); my $n = 0; COMP: while (1) { $n++; print "comp[$n] = ["; # Join all list elements given by index array print join ',', map { $lists[$_][$idx[$_]] } (0..$#lists); print "]\n"; # Increment lowest index, handle overrun INDEX: foreach my $i (0..$#lists) { $idx[$i]++; # If new index greater then highest index if ($idx[$i] > $#{$lists[$i]}) { # Wrap around $idx[$i] = 0; if ($i == $#lists) { # Stop outher loop if last index overruns last COMP; } } else { # stop if no overrun occured last INDEX; } } } __END__ comp[1] = [1,4,7] comp[2] = [2,4,7] comp[3] = [6,4,7] comp[4] = [1,5,7] comp[5] = [2,5,7] comp[6] = [6,5,7] comp[7] = [1,4,3] comp[8] = [2,4,3] comp[9] = [6,4,3] comp[10] = [1,5,3] comp[11] = [2,5,3] comp[12] = [6,5,3] #### 22a23 > $i = $#lists - $i; 28c29 < if ($i == $#lists) { --- > if ($i == 0) {