$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' my @nums = qw{ 1 2 3 }; my @ltrs = qw{ a b c }; my $iters = 2; for my $iter ( 1 .. $iters ) { for my $num ( @nums ) { for my $ltr ( @ltrs ) { say qq{$num$ltr}; } } }' 1a 1b 1c 2a 2b 2c 3a 3b 3c 1a 1b 1c 2a 2b 2c 3a 3b 3c $