How would you create another set of stripes into @stripe_2 using the variable "my $stripe_2_size=5"

I think this answer will be good. Most array documentation is not math like this

results are

$stripe_2[0]= "6"
$stripe_2[0]= "17"
$stripe_2[0]= "28"
$stripe_2[0]= "39"
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