This little program prints out a random combination of coins that make up a dollar.
use warnings;
use strict;
my @coins = (
{counter => 0, value => 25, name => "quarter"},
{counter => 0, value => 5, name => "nickel" },
{counter => 0, value => 10, name => "dime" },
{counter => 0, value => 1, name => "penny" }
);
my $dollar = 100;
my $totalval= 0;
while ($totalval<100) {
my $rnum = rand @coins;
my $temp=$coins[$rnum]{value}+$totalval;
if ($temp<=100) {
$totalval += $coins[$rnum]{value};
$coins[$rnum]{counter}++;
} else { ;; }
}
print "Change for a Dollar\n";
for(my $i=0; $i<=3; $i++) {
print $coins[$i]{counter}, " ", $coins[$i]{name}, "(s)\n";
}
Update: This, BTW, is the first time I've submitted any kind of code.