Hi , I have approached this problem thru programming logic using recursive functions .May be its a little noobish but it gets the job done .any comments are welcome. 

@array = (
    [ "a", "b", "c", ],
    [ "1", "2", "3", "4", ],
    [ "x", "y", ],
        ["A","B","C"]
    );
    our @initial_array = @{$array[0]};
     our $i = 1 ;
      $stop = scalar (@array)  ;
       recurse () ;
sub recurse () {
        $k = 0 ;
      foreach (@initial_array)
                  {

                      $firstelement = $_ ;
                         @next_array =  @{$array[$i]}  ;
                                   foreach (@next_array) {

                                                          $combination
+[$k]= $firstelement.$_ ;
                                                          $k++ ;


                                                         }



                  }


               @initial_array = @combination ; $i++ ;
               if ( $i == $stop )
                                {

                                print " @combination ";
                                 exit ;
                                }
               else {
                 recurse () ;
                   }
       }

output
______
a1xA a1xB a1xC a1yA a1yB a1yC a2xA a2xB a2xC a2yA a2yB a2yC a3xA a3xB 
+a3xC a3yA a3yB a3yC a4xA a4xB a4xC a4yA a4yB a4yC b1xA b1xB b1xC b1yA
+ b1yB b1yC b2xA b2xB b2xC b2yA b2yB b2yC b3xA b3xB b3xC b3yA b3yB b3y
+C b4xA b4xB b4xC b4yA b4yB b4yC c1xA c1xB c1xC c1yA c1yB c1yC c2xA c2
+xB c2xC c2yA c2yB c2yC c3xA c3xB c3xC c3yA c3yB c3yC c4xA c4xB c4xC c
+4yA c4yB c4yC

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In reply to Re: Generating all possible combinations from an AoA by dj_nitrkl
in thread Generating all possible combinations from an AoA by Anonymous Monk

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