#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use Set::IntSpan; chomp( my $numbers = ); # $numbers = '1,2,4,6..18,47,49,55..65,90'; my $run_list = [ eval $numbers ]; my $set; eval { $set = new Set::IntSpan $run_list }; $@ and print "$@: Try again\n"; my @elem = elements $set; print Dumper \@elem; #Output: # $VAR1 = [ # 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, # 47, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 90 # ];