Re^2: Opening random files then reading random lines from file.

my $random_file = $names[rand(@names-1)];
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That will always skip the last element of @names. It should be:

my $random_file = $names[ rand @names ];
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Re^3: Opening random files then reading random lines from file. by Marshall (Canon) on Apr 27, 2012 at 06:42 UTC
Correct. These pesky "off-by-one" errors (the most common error in programming) are indeed annoying! But yes, you are correct! Thanks! previous post updated with comment.	[reply]