my @random_numbers; push(@random_numbers, int(rand(54)) + 1) foreach 1..10000; my %counts; $counts{$_}++ foreach @random_numbers; printf("%2d: %d\n", @$_) foreach sort { $a->[1] <=> $b[1] || $a->[0] <=> $b[0] } map { [ $_, $counts{$_} ] } keys(%counts); #### # Picks 6 unique numbers uniformly between 1 and 54 inclusive. sub pick6 { my @nums; push(@nums, int(rand(54 - $_)) + 1) foreach 0..5; for my $i (1..5) { for my $j (0..$i-1) { $num[$i]++ if $num[$i] >= $num[$j]; } } return @nums; } my @random_numbers; push(@random_numbers, pick6()) foreach 1..10000; my %counts; $counts{$_}++ foreach @random_numbers; printf("%2d: %d\n", @$_) foreach sort { $a->[1] <=> $b[1] || $a->[0] <=> $b[0] } map { [ $_, $counts{$_} ] } keys(%counts);