Here is a quick and dirty version that doesn't generate all combinations and then filter, but only does the strictly needed work (I assume the array elements have length 1): 
#!/usr/bin/perl -wl
use strict;

print for generate(4, 
                   [qw(a b c)], [qw(d e)], [qw(f g h)], ["i"], 
                   [qw(j k)], ["l"], ["m"]);

sub generate {
    my $min = shift;
    my @non_empty = grep @$_, @_;
    return if $min > @non_empty;
    work($min, @non_empty);
}

sub work {
    my $min = shift;
    return "" if !@_;
    my $first = shift;
    return map { 
        my $n = $_; 
        length() < $min ? () : $_, map $_.$n, @$first;
    } work($min-1, @_);
}

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update: A purely iterative version of the above: 
sub generate {
    my $min = shift;
    my @arrays = grep @$_, @_;
    $min -= @arrays;
    return if $min > 0;
    my @current = ("");
    for my $array (@arrays) {
        $min++;
        @current = map {
            my $n = $_;
            length() < $min ? () : $_, map $n.$_, @$array;
        } @current;
    }
    return @current;
}

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In reply to Re: Combinations of an array of arrays...? by thospel
in thread Combinations of an array of arrays...? by doowah2004

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