my ($a, $b, $c, $d, $e) = ("aaa", "ab000", "123", "00123", "321ba",); $a++; $b++; $c++; $d++; $e++; print "a=$a\nb=$b\nc=$c\nd=$d\ne=$e\n" #### # now that is golfing. perl -e '$a="0035";until("$a">50){print++$a,$/}'