#!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; # one ordering.... my $letters = ',A,C,G,N,T'; my @list1 = grep {/./} glob("{$letters}"x4); print "L1: $_\n" for @list1; # different ordering my $letter2 = 'A,C,G,N,T'; my @list2 = (glob("{$letter2}"x2),glob("{$letter2}"x3),glob("{$letter2}"x4)); print "L2: $_\n" for @list2;