sub RnR { push my @list, @_; return sub { my $r = 1 + int rand(@list-1); # swap [0] with [$r] my $t = $list[$r]; $list[$r] = $list[0]; $list[0] = $t; return $t; } } # usage my $rnr = RnR(qw(a b c d e f g)); print "next :", $rnr->(), "\n" for (1..20);