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in thread Trying to get sum of elements in array

But the result isn't guaranteed to be unique.

If you worry about performance rather use a shuffle approach.

Or use the fact that the order of keys in a hash is random.

Cheers Rolf

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Re^3: Trying to get sum of elements in array
by gargle (Chaplain) on Feb 06, 2015 at 12:55 UTC
    Why do these random numbers have to be unique?
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    if ( 1 ) { $postman->ring() for (1..2); }
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      We've already established that this is a homework assignment. Perhaps uniqueness is one of the assignment's constraints?
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