#!/usr/bin/perl my %line = ('A' =>1, 'B' =>1, 'C' =>1); my @tojoin = qw (W X Y Z); foreach my $line ( keys %line ) { # print "$line\n"; foreach my $tojoin ( @tojoin ) { my $nstr = $line.$tojoin; $line{$nstr} = 1; } # last if ($line eq 'AYW'); } foreach my $line ( keys %line ) { print "$line\n"; }