#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use List::Util 'shuffle'; my @array_a = (10, 22, 34, 21, 20, 12, 32, 31, 91, 20); my @array_b = (10, 22, 34, 21, 20, 12, 32, 31, 91, 20, 11, 32, 44, 51, 10, 22, 82, 71, 61, 54); my @array_c = (14, 25, 64, 71, 80); mass_shuffle(\@array_a, \@array_b, \@array_c); sub mass_shuffle { # all sub-arrays passed by ref my @arrays = @_; # combine into one large array and shuffle it my @shuffler; foreach my $sub (@arrays) { push @shuffler, @{$sub}; } @shuffler = shuffle(@shuffler); # splice properly sized randomized replacements foreach my $sub (@arrays) { @{$sub} = splice @shuffler, 0, scalar(@{$sub}); } }