#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use List::Permutor; my $groups = 'LHLH'; my %count; $count{$_}++ for split //, $groups; my @results = $groups; for my $key (keys %count) { my $perm = new List::Permutor 1 .. $count{$key}; my @indices; while (my @set = $perm->next) { push @indices, \@set; } for my $result (@results) { $result =~ s/(?<=$key)/%d/g; $result = [map sprintf($result, @$_), @indices]; } @results = map @$_, @results; } print join "\n", @results;