#!/usr/bin/perl -lw use strict; my @inviolable= getNumbers(); my $pickNext= genPickWNoReplace( \@inviolable ); while( 1 ) { print $pickNext->(); } sub genPickWNoReplace { my( $av )= @_; my @idx= 0..$#$av; return sub { die "No more items left to pick from" if ! @idx; my $o= int rand @idx; my $pick= $av->[ $idx[$o] ]; $idx[$o]= $idx[-1]; pop @idx; return $pick; }; }