foreach my $client_server (keys %client_servers_host_info) { srand; my $extra = int(rand(256)); warn $host_server_config{username} . $extra . "\n"; $client_servers{$client_server} = dacts ( $host_server_config{username} . $extra, $host_server_config{password}, $client_server, $client_servers_host_info{$client_server} ); $counter++ ; warn $counter; }