#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $length = 3; my %calls = ( f1 => ['f2'], f2 => [qw[f3 f4]], f3 => [], f4 => ['f5'], f5 => [], ); my @adepts = map [$_], keys %calls; for (1 .. $length - 1) { @adepts = map { my $list = $_; map [@$list, $_], @{ $calls{ $list->[-1] } }; } @adepts; } { local $" = '->'; print "@$_\n" for @adepts; }