my @arr1 = qw|10 22 24 21 20 12 32 31 91 20|; my @arr2 = qw|10 22 24 21 20 12 32 31 91 20 11 32 44 51 10 22 82 71 61 54|; my @arr3 = qw|14 25 64 71 80|; my @arrays = (\@arr1, \@arr2, \@arr3); foreach my $arrref (@arrays) { for (0..@$arrref - 1) { my $indx = (int(rand()*100)%@$arrref); my $swap = $arrref->[$indx]; $arrref->[$indx] = $arrref->[$_]; $arrref->[$_] = $swap; } } print q|ARR->1 | . join qq| |,@arr1; print qq|\nARR->2 | . join qq| |,@arr2; print qq|\nARR->3 | . join qq| |,@arr3;