I currently set a variable to hold a column-measuring scale from 1 to 220. It is set as a string literal and works fine, but every time I look at it I keep thinking there must be a more compact (and perlish) way to do it. The following code is my first attempt. It loads the value statically to the variable "$old" (for comparison while testing), then loads the value programmatically to the variable "$new". It "works", but there are still lots of numeric literals floating around in there. I say it is now "semi-static" instead of totally static, but I'm sure it can be done better. Can anyone come up with a more generic way of generating this value? TIA. 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $old = '|---+----10---+----20---+----30---+----40---+----50---+----
+60---+----70---+----80---+----90---+----100--+----10---+----20---+---
+-30---+----40---+----50---+----60---+----70---+----80---+----90---+--
+--200--+----10---+----20---+----';

my $new = '|---+----';  # Set base value starting with vertical bar.

for (my $i = 10; $i <= 220; $i+=10) {
    my $j = $i;
    $j = $i-200 if $i > 200 && $i < 300;  # Change '210' to '10', '220
+' to '20', etc.
    $j = $i-100 if $i > 100 && $i < 200;  # Change '110' to '10', '120
+' to '20', etc.
    my $filler = $i == 100 || $i == 200 ? '--+----' : '---+----';  # A
+djust filler for 3-digit number.
    $new .= $j . $filler;
}

print "\nold=$old\n\nnew=$new\n";

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