Another way of doing the same thing: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

##################### Script Constants ######################

use constant CHARACTER_STATS => qw(Strength Intelligence Wisdom Dexter
+ity Constitution Charisma);

################### Main Program ############################

MAIN: {
    
    my $character = make_character();

    foreach my $stat (keys %$character) {

        print STDOUT ("$stat:  \t\t",
                      join("\t", @{ $character->{$stat} }),
              "\n"
                     );

    }
                    
}

sub make_character {

    my $character = {};

    for (my $x = 0; $x<=5; $x++) {

        foreach my $stat ( CHARACTER_STATS ) {
            push(@{$character->{$stat}}, Random());
        }
    }

    return $character;
}

sub Random ()
{
     return (int (rand(18))+1);
}

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If you're interested in having the dice follow a normal distribution, check out the Math::Random module.

stephen

In reply to Re: Re: What the other half does by stephen
in thread What the other half does by lzcd

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