#!/usr/bin/perl for (;;) { print "Gen = ", Gen_val(), "\n"; my @code = source_of_function('Gen_val'); for (@code) { last if s{(\d+)(?=;\s+\# EDIT ME)} {(($1 * 1103515245 + 12345) / 65536) % 32768}e; } eval join '', @code; } sub Gen_val { 1; # EDIT ME }