A quick perldoc -q shuffle array gives:
How do I shuffle an array randomly?

Use this:

    # fisher_yates_shuffle( \@array ) :
    # generate a random permutation of @array in place
    sub fisher_yates_shuffle {
        my $array = shift;
        my $i;
        for ($i = @$array; --$i; ) {
            my $j = int rand ($i+1);
            next if $i == $j;
            @$array[$i,$j] = @$array[$j,$i];
        }
    }

    fisher_yates_shuffle( \@array );    # permutes @array in place
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Other points to consider:

• What on earth are you trying to do to $#arr?
• You probably don't want to use @arr in the subsitution
• You probably don't want to reinvent the wheel when there are perfectly good templating modules such as HTML::Template and Text::Template
• splice wants an integer offset, rand returns a fractional number
• print $_ is the same as print

I'm sure I've missed a few things. Sorry to sound overly harsh but I'm trying to be constructive :)

gav^

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