Re(2): Random numbers generator

Have a look at srand and rand. That block translates pretty well into perl:

srand;
my $n=int(rand(10)); # gets you a number 0..9
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Re: Re(2): Random numbers generator by davorg (Chancellor) on Feb 07, 2001 at 21:23 UTC
`srand` is only required if your script is running on a version of Perl earlier than 5.004. -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply]
Re: (4): Random numbers generator by Adam (Vicar) on Feb 08, 2001 at 02:40 UTC
Yes. There is an excellent explanation of Perl's random seed here. (for 5.004 and up)	[reply]