sub pin { srand; my $pin; my $i = 0; while ( $i++ < 4 ) { $pin .= int( rand(9) ); } return $pin; } #### my @counterexamples; my %digits = map { $_ => 1 } 0 .. 9; for ( 1 .. 10000 ) { my $pin = pin(); if ( $pin !~ /^\d\d\d\d$/ ) { push @counterexamples => $pin; } if (%digits) { foreach my $digit ( keys %digits ) { if ( $pin =~ /$digit/ ) { delete $digits{$digit}; } } } } ok !@counterexamples, 'All pin numbers should be four digits' or diag +Data::Dumper->Dump( [ \@counterexamples ], ['*bad_pins'] ); ok !%digits, '... and all digits should be used' or diag sprintf "Unused digits are '%s'", join ', ', sort keys %digits; #### sub pin { return sprintf "%04d" => int rand 10000; }