Here is a slight variation on GrandFather's solution that shows you how you could construct your array of @numbers by using a list repetition operator (see "x" in Multiplicative Operators) inside the map. It also shows you how to use an iterator to cycle round the list of breads. The iterator is a reference to a subroutine that returns the next element in the @breads array each time it is called ($breadsIter->()), resetting the element to zero whenever is has passed the end of the array.

use strict;
use warnings;

use 5.010;

my $breadsIter = do
   {
       my $idx = 0;
       my @breads = qw{ w r i f i r w f };
       sub {
          $idx = 0 if $idx > $#breads;
          return $breads[ $idx ++ ];
          };
   };

my @numbers = map { ( $_ ) x 3 } 4, 7, 11, 14;
my $finalStr = join
   q{ },
   map { $breadsIter->(), $_, $breadsIter->() } @numbers;

say $finalStr;

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The output.

w 4 r i 4 f i 4 r w 7 f w 7 r i 7 f i 11 r w 11 f w 11 r i 14 f i 14 r
+ w 14 f

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I hope this is of interest.

Cheers,

JohnGG

In reply to Re: array and concatenate by johngg
in thread array and concatenate by redmustang

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