sub iterator { return unless @_; my @p = ($_[0]); return sub { ## collect all the trailing 2s, and last trailing 3 if present my $temp = 0; $temp += pop @p while @p and $p[-1] == 2; $temp += pop @p if @p and $p[-1] == 3; ## updated return if ! @p; ## reduce the last guy by 1, avoid total of 1 leftover $p[-1]--, $temp++; $p[-1]--, $temp++ if $temp == 1; ## redistribute collected amount, as large as possible ## (largest increments can be $p[-1]) if ($temp % $p[-1] == 0) { push @p, ($p[-1]) x ($temp/$p[-1]); ## special case to avoid 1 leftover } elsif ( $temp % $p[-1] == 1 ) { my $m = int ($temp/$p[-1]) -1; push @p, ($p[-1]) x $m, $p[-1]-1, 2; } else { my $m = int ($temp/$p[-1]) ; push @p, ($p[-1]) x $m, ($temp - $p[-1]*$m); } @p; } } my $iter = iterator(shift || 50); while (my @part = $iter->()) { print "@part\n"; }