use strict; use warnings; my @array = map { sprintf q{%02d}, $_ } 1 .. 17; print q{=} x 25, qq{\n}; for ( 1 .. 10 ) { print qq{Partition size = $_\n}; my @newArray = partitionArray( $_, @array ); printAoA( @newArray ); } sub partitionArray { my( $ps, @array ) = @_; my @newArray = map { [ exists $array[ $ps * $_ + $ps - 1 ] ? @array[ ( $ps * $_ ).. ( $ps * $_ + $ps - 1 ) ] : @array[ ( $ps * $_ ) .. $#array] ] } 0 .. $#array / $ps; } sub printAoA { foreach my $raSubArray ( @_ ) { local $" = q{, }; print qq{[ @$raSubArray ]\n}; } print q{=} x 25, qq{\n}; }