Yep, that's heading in the direction I had been thinking of. However that doesn't really generate the random picking that I think you want. Consider the following:

use strict;
use warnings;

my %ips;

while (<DATA>) {
    next if ! /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/;
    push @{$ips{$1}{$2}{$3}}, $4;
}


my @selected;

while (my @picks = pickEm(\%ips)) {
    push @selected, @picks;
}

print join "\n", @selected;


sub pickEm {
    my ($root) = @_;

    return splice @$root, rand(@$root), 1 if 'ARRAY' eq ref $root;

    my @keys = keys %$root;

    while (@keys) {
        my $key = splice @keys, rand(@keys), 1;
        my $pick = pickEm($root->{$key});

        return "$key.$pick" if defined $pick;
        delete $root->{$key};
    }

    return;
}

__DATA__
#Group A
184.75.65.68

#Group B
184.75.122.146
184.75.122.147
184.75.122.148

#Group C
64.3.71.98
64.3.71.99
64.3.71.100
64.3.71.106

#Group D
64.3.73.17
64.3.73.18
64.3.73.19
64.3.73.20

#Group E
66.1.73.21
66.1.73.22
66.1.73.23

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Prints (for one random run):

66.1.73.22
64.3.71.106
184.75.122.146
184.75.65.68
64.3.71.100
64.3.71.98
66.1.73.23
66.1.73.21
184.75.122.148
64.3.71.99
64.3.73.18
64.3.73.17
184.75.122.147
64.3.73.20
64.3.73.19

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In reply to Re^2: Help with sorting/randomizing? by GrandFather
in thread Help with sorting/randomizing? by countingcrows

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