Re: rand()

In article <532078.84144.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bobby
<cybercruiserz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,
Ý
How do I use the rand function to print out more than one random number for
an array? In the example scriptÝbelow i haveÝan array @nums with a list of
numbers; howÝdo i print out more than one random numbers from that list
(@nums)? Thanks.
Ý
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my @nums = ("10000","10002","10004","10005","10006","140000","1500000");
my $randnum = $nums[rand(@nums)];
print "$randnum \n";

Use a loop:

for ( 1..5 ) [
my $randnum = $nums[rand(@nums)];
print "$randnum \n";
}

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