my @weighteddiv = (('1234') x 7, ('9876') x 42, ('1123') x 13);
my %selected;
my $maxclients = 2;

until (keys %selected == $maxclients or @weighteddiv == 0) {
  my $i = rand(+@weighteddiv);  # Not $#
  my $pluck = splice @weighteddiv, $i, 1;
  ++$selected{$pluck};
}

my @selected = keys %selected;
print "Selected: @selected\n";

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  if (++$selected{$pluck} == 1) {
    push @selected, $pluck;
  }

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my @weighteddiv = (('1234') x 7, ('9876') x 42, ('1123') x 13);
my @selected;
my $maxclients = 2;

my %occurrence;
foreach (@weighteddiv) {
  $occurrence{$_}++;
}

my $total = @weighteddiv;
until (@selected == $maxclients or keys %occurrence == 0) {
  my $i = rand($total);
  keys %occurrence;  # reset hash iterator
  while (my ($value, $count) = each %occurrence) {
    if ($i < $count) {
      push @selected, $value;
      delete $occurrence{$value};
      $total -= $count;
      last;
    }
    $i -= $count;
  }
}

print "Selected: @selected\n";