This little program prints out a random combination of coins that make up a dollar.


use warnings;
use strict;


my @coins = (
 {counter => 0, value => 25, name => "quarter"},
 {counter => 0, value => 5,  name => "nickel" },
 {counter => 0, value => 10, name => "dime"   },
 {counter => 0, value => 1,  name => "penny"  }
);
my $dollar = 100;
my $totalval= 0;


while ($totalval<100) {
    my $rnum = rand @coins;
    my $temp=$coins[$rnum]{value}+$totalval;
    if ($temp<=100) {
    $totalval += $coins[$rnum]{value};
    $coins[$rnum]{counter}++;
    } else { ;; }
}

print "Change for a Dollar\n";

for(my $i=0; $i<=3; $i++) {
    print $coins[$i]{counter}, " ", $coins[$i]{name}, "(s)\n";
}

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Update: This, BTW, is the first time I've submitted any kind of code.

In reply to Random Change for a Dollar by fredopalus

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