Re^2: Finding a random position within a long string (Activeperl Build 822)

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This might get a little fewer than the percentage requested because it's possible for it to pick the same position more than once. Try setting $percent = 90 for a good demonstration. I ran it ten times, and it never replaced more than 13/20 (well short of the expected 18/20).

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Re^3: Finding a random position within a long string (Activeperl Build 822) by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Oct 12, 2007 at 21:42 UTC
I took "about ~10%" to mean about 10% ;)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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