my $p = 9 + # 1 digit (9 * 8) + # 2 digits (9 * 8 * 7) + # 3 digits (9 * 8 * 7 * 6) + # 4 digits (9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5) + # 5 digits (9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4) + # 6 digits (9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3) + # 7 digits (9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2) + # 8 digits (9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1); # 9 digits say $p; # = 986,409 #### my $calls = 0; my $count = 0; my @digits; my @solutions; append_digit(); print "count: $count\n", join("\n", @solutions), "\n"; print "recursive calls: ", $calls, "\n"; sub append_digit { ++$calls; my $number = join '', @digits; if (@digits && ! grep { $number % $_ } @digits) { print "$count: $number\n" unless ++$count % 100; push @solutions, $number; } for my $digit (1 .. 9) { next if $digit ~~ @digits; push @digits, $digit; append_digit(); pop @digits; } }