%wordlist= ("unknown", -1); %lexicon = ("own", 1, "known", 1); foreach my $q (keys %wordlist) { push (@array, split(//, $q)); $end = $#array; $mover = 1; print "\nend : $end \nmove : $mover\n"; &rightside(); print "$right\n"; @array = (); } sub rightside { last if($mover == 0 or $move == $end); if (exists $lexicon{join q(), @array[$mover..$end]}) { $right = join q(), @array[$mover..$end]; print "\nright:$right\n"; } else { $mover++; &rightside(); } }