You need to work with lists

Choose-N from each set 

my @chosen = ChooseN( 2 , \@set );
push @chosen, ChooseN( 4 , \@set );
push @chosen, ChooseN( 6 , \@set );
push @chosen, ChooseN( 8 , \@set );

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Then shuffle those playing cards :) 

use List::Util 'shuffle';
@chosen = shuffle @chosen;

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And then make them presentable 

my $chosen = '';
while(@chosen){
   $chosen .= join '', splice @chosen, 0, 6;
   $chosen .= ' ' if @chosen;
}
return $chosen;

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What am I doing wrong and am I even on the right track?

Not sure, but see also Opportunity to excel / Enough With The Rainbow Tables: What You Need To Know About Secure Password Schemes

And see also Crypt::RandPasswd, Crypt::PassGen, String::MkPasswd

In reply to Re: Handling elements of an array of array references, where the function calls for an array? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Handling elements of an array of array references, where the function calls for an array? by desertrat

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