Maybe you could put all your data in one place and avoid that redundancy, for instance: 
my ($stars, $stripes) =
    [[120,120],[50,682],[1952,2001]], # etcetera... [left,top]
    [[0,100],[0,150],[0,250]];        # etcetera...

foreach (@$stars) { $Win->addButton(
                        -text => '*',
                        -name => 'Star',
                        -left => $_->[0],
                        -top => $_->[1],
                        -width => 20,
                        -height => 20) }
# similar for stripes

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And with this, you could use map for patterns, such as: 
$stripes = [ map { [ 0, 50*$_ ] } (0..6) ];
    # or something like that

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Just my $0.'02';

In reply to Re: Stars & Stripes... by premchai21
in thread Stars & Stripes... by EvanK

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