my @numbers = (4,7,11,14); my @numbers2= @numbers; my @numbers3= map {"$numbers[$_]$numbers2[$_]"} 1..$#numbers ; # result 447711111414 my $white ='w '; my $rye =' r '; my $italian = 'i '; my $french = ' f '; WANT THIS $final_string = 'w 4 r i 4 f i 7 r w 7 f w 11 r i 11 f i 14 r w 14 f';