last nights' code help worked beautifully... 
my @array = ("AOL", "Yahoo", "Ask Jeeves/Ask.com", "Alltheweb", "Alta 
+Vista", "Lycos", "iWon", "Teoma", "Wisenut", "MSN", "Netscape", "Info
+space", "Looksmart");
shuffle(@array);

my ($comp1, $comp2, $comp3, $comp4, $comp5) = @array[0..4];

print qq~
<input type="hidden" name="comp1" value="$comp1">
<input type="hidden" name="comp2" value="$comp2">
<input type="hidden" name="comp3" value="$comp3">
<input type="hidden" name="comp4" value="$comp4">
<input type="hidden" name="comp5" value="$comp5">
~;

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in the next sub however, instead of hardcoding the @array values, i need to get the value of 15 form elements. when i use the following:

my @array= param('aware02', 'aware03', 'aware04', 'aware05', 'aware06'
+, 'aware07', 'aware08', 'aware09', 'aware10', 'aware11', 'aware12', '
+aware13', 'aware14');

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i get the param name - not the value. what am i doing wrong?!

thanks again...

felwick

In reply to random array - a newer twist by felwick

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