The glob builtin can do what you want.

my @digits = '0'..'9'; my @caps = 'A'..'Z'; my @lower = 'a'..'z'; my @alnum = (@digits, @caps, @lower); # glob patterns my $digits = do {local $" = ','; "{@digits}"}; my $caps = do {local $" = ','; "{@caps}"}; my $lower = do {local $" = ','; "{@lower}"}; my $alnum = do {local $" = ','; "{@alnum}"}; print "@{[glob $lower . $digits]}\n"; __END__ a0 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 c0 c1 c2 c +3 c4 c5 c6 c7 c8 c9 d0 d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 d9 e0 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e +6 e7 e8 e9 f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7 f8 f9 g0 g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 g6 g7 g8 g +9 h0 h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 h9 i0 i1 i2 i3 i4 i5 i6 i7 i8 i9 j0 j1 j +2 j3 j4 j5 j6 j7 j8 j9 k0 k1 k2 k3 k4 k5 k6 k7 k8 k9 l0 l1 l2 l3 l4 l +5 l6 l7 l8 l9 m0 m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 m9 n0 n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6 n7 n +8 n9 o0 o1 o2 o3 o4 o5 o6 o7 o8 o9 p0 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 q0 q +1 q2 q3 q4 q5 q6 q7 q8 q9 r0 r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 s0 s1 s2 s3 s +4 s5 s6 s7 s8 s9 t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t8 t9 u0 u1 u2 u3 u4 u5 u6 u +7 u8 u9 v0 v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 w0 w1 w2 w3 w4 w5 w6 w7 w8 w9 x +0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 y0 y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6 y7 y8 y9 z0 z1 z2 z +3 z4 z5 z6 z7 z8 z9
Clearly, the number of elements in the solution grows rapidly with the number of characters in the set and in the string.

A shortcut for a glob pattern for $num of the same type is: my $pat = $type x $num; using the x replicator op.

Added: Limbic~Region points out that my example isn't the one you used. That was intentional, for brevity of the result. The pattern for your two-character example is my $two_char = $alnum x 2;. It results in 3844 distinct combinations.

After Compline,
Zaxo


In reply to Re: Finding all sets of chars by Zaxo
in thread Finding all sets of chars by Anonymous Monk

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