use Algorithm::Loops 'NestedLoops'; my %pat = ( L => ['a' .. 'z'], N => [0 .. 9] ); my $pattern = shift || "LLN"; NestedLoops( [ @pat{ split //, $pattern } ], sub { print join("", @_), $/ } ); #### my %pat = ( L => ['a' .. 'z'], N => [0 .. 9] ); my $pattern = shift || "LLN"; $_ = sprintf "{%s}", join ",", @$_ for values %pat; my $glob = join "", @pat{ split //, $pattern }; print "$_\n" for glob($glob);