in reply to Re^5: Pick k numbers at random -- hash keys
in thread Pick k numbers at random

> 0, 3, 4 and 5 always appear (in varying orders) either at the beginning or the end of the sequence.

My guess: they all fall into the same bucket, so must be grouped together. But why is the bucketting always the same?

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]