use strict; my $savedseed = 1234567; srand $savedseed; my $savedct = 0; my $rnd; foreach (1..5) { $savedct = $_; $rnd = rand; print "$savedct: $rnd\n"; } print "\n"; srand $savedseed; foreach (1..$savedct) { $rnd = rand; print "$_: $rnd\n"; } print "\n"; print $savedct+1, ": ", rand, "\n";