1 my %hoa = ( 2 10 => [ "fred", "barney" ], 3 20 => [ "george", "jane", "elroy" ], 4 30 => [ "homer", "marge", "bart" ], 5 ); 6 my $ary = $hoa{$some_number}; 7 return $ary->[rand @$ary];