Re: shuffling cards

Amichai Teumim wrote:
I want to shuffle a deck of cards and then print out the top five cards.

I want to learn this, so please provide me with hints and tips as
opposed to plain solutions if possible please.

perldoc -q shuffle


John
--
Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you
can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and
in short order. -- Larry Wall
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