#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; srand; # produce n random numbers my $lowest_number=1; my $highest_number=49; my @number_range=($lowest_number...$highest_number); my @lottery_numbers=(1...6); my $a = 1; do { # A random element from @number_range is selected and # placed in to @X # $lottery_numbers[$a] = $number_range[rand $highest_number]; $a ++; } until $a > 6; print "@lottery_numbers[1...6]\n";