use List::Util qw( shuffle ); use Devel::Size qw( total_size ); my ($x, %ip0, %ip1, %ip2, %ip3, %ip4, %ip5) = 31; foreach my $i0 ((shuffle 1..254)[0..$x]) { foreach my $i1 ((shuffle 1..254)[0..$x]) { foreach my $i2 ((shuffle 1..254)[0..$x]) { foreach my $i3 ((shuffle 1..254)[0..$x]) { $ip0{"$i0.$i1.$i2.$i3"}++; $ip1{"$i0.$i1"}{"$i2.$i3"}++; $ip2{$i0}{$i1}{$i2}{$i3}++; $ip3{pack "CCCC", $i0, $i1, $i2, $i3}++; $ip4{pack "CC", $i0, $i1}{pack "CC", $i2, $i3}++; $ip5{pack "C", $i0}{pack "C", $i1}{pack "C", $i2}{pack "C", $i3}++; }}}} printf "{192.168.101.208} : %9d\n", total_size (\%ip0); printf "{192.168}{101.208} : %9d\n", total_size (\%ip1); printf "{192}{168}{101}{208} : %9d\n", total_size (\%ip2); printf "{xC0xA8x65xD0} : %9d\n", total_size (\%ip3); printf "{xC0xA8}{x65xD0} : %9d\n", total_size (\%ip4); printf "{xC0}{xA8}{x65}{xD0} : %9d\n", total_size (\%ip5); ==> {192.168.101.208} : 116483356 {192.168}{101.208} : 69879492 {192}{168}{101}{208} : 71176834 {xC0xA8x65xD0} : 106954864 {xC0xA8}{x65xD0} : 69611776 {xC0}{xA8}{x65}{xD0} : 71176690