use warnings; use strict; nested_for( [[1..2], ['a'..'c'], ['A'..'D']], sub {print "Printing! [@_]\n";} ); my $i = nested_for([[qw(r o y)],sub{[$_]}, [qw(b i v)]]); my @args; print "@args\n" while @args = $i->(); # Handles the coderef arg, if any sub nested_for { my @loops = @{shift()}; if (@_) { my $fn = shift; my @args; my $i = ret_iter(@loops); $fn->(@args) while @args = $i->(); } else { return ret_iter(@loops); } } # Turns a list into a self-resetting iterator # (upon completing iterations, it returns empty-list, then # the next iteration is back at the beginning) sub mk_iter { my $ref = $_[0]; my $i = 0; return sub { my @items; @items = @{(ref $ref eq 'CODE') ? $ref->() : $ref} unless @items; if ($i > $#items) { $i = 0; @items = @{$ref->()} if ref $ref eq 'CODE'; return (); } else { return $items[$i++]; } } } # Like map for two iterators, returning an iterator sub nest { my ($outer, $inner) = @_; my @out = $outer->(); return sub { local $_ = $out[$#out]; my @in = $inner->(); unless (@in) { return unless @out = $outer->(); $_ = $out[$#out]; @in = $inner->(); } return (@out, @in); }; } use List::Util 'reduce'; sub ret_iter { reduce {nest($a, $b)} map mk_iter($_), @_; }