print "enter sequence and signal end with enter followed by ctrl d\n"; $sequence = ; chomp $sequence; print "sequence inserted : $sequence\n"; @trips = unpack("a3" x (length($sequence)-2), $sequence); @trips = join(" ", @trips); my @shuftrips = &myshuffle( @trips ); print "@shuftrips\n"; sub myshuffle { map $_->[0], sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] } map [ $_, rand ], @_; }