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You can leave out the "int" if you already have "%d", because that "int"'s it: 
my $random = sprintf "%04d", rand 10000;

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And yes, you're off by one if you use 9999, because you'd never have 9999. {grin}

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Re^3: Formatting randomised data
by tlm (Prior) on Jun 19, 2005 at 20:38 UTC 
    my $random = sprintf "%04d", 1 + rand 9999

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    per spec :)

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