use List::MoreUtils qw(pairwise); use Data::Dumper; my @num = qw (1 2 3 4 5); my @alp = qw (A B C D E); @result=pairwise{($a.'-'.$b)}@num, @alp; print Dumper(\@result); #### $VAR1 = [ '1-A', '2-B', '3-C', '4-D', '5-E' ];