#!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; # golfed version using glob my $nums = join(',',1..31); my @list1 = glob("{$nums}-{$nums}-{$nums}"); print "L1: $_\n" for @list1; # more sane way of doing that..... my @list2; for my $i (1..31) { for my $j (1..31) { for my $k (1..31) { push(@list2,"$i-$j-$k"); } } } print "L2: $_\n" for @list2;