#! perl -slw use strict; sub nFor(&@) { my $code = shift; die "First argument must be a code ref" unless ref( $code ) eq 'CODE'; my @limits = @_; my @indices = ( 0 ) x @limits; for( my $i = $#limits; $i >= 0; ) { $i = $#limits; $code->( @indices ), ++$indices[ $i ] while $indices[ $i ] < $limits[ $i ]; $i = $#limits; $indices[ $i ] = 0, ++$indices[ --$i ] while $i >= 0 and $indices[ $i ] == $limits[ $i ]; } } my @digits = 1 .. 3; ## Set this to the maximum set nFor { my @numbers = @digits[ @_ ]; my $name = join'', @numbers; print $name; } 3, 2, 3; ## Set these to the individual limits. __END__ c:\test>nFor.pl 111 112 113 121 122 123 211 212 213 221 222 223 311 312 313 321 322 323