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Subject: Re: Perl Question
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:10:23 -0500
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> Anyone know how to generate a random number in perl so I can stick it in
a
> variable?

 How about:

$myvar = rand(10);

where 10 is the highest number to use, so $myvar would come back as a
random number between 0 and 10.

OR:

$myvar = srand(value);

srand accepts an integer value as an arguement; if no arguement is
supplied, srand calls the time function and uses its return value as the
random-number seed.

gf



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