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Re: randomly choosing elements from an array

by domm (Chaplain)
on Mar 19, 2003 at 08:59 UTC ( [id://244288]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to randomly choosing elements from an array

What about shuffling the array using one of the shuffle functions in either List::Util or Algorithm::Numerical::Shuffle and then shifting off the desired number (or a random number) of elements? 
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#!/usr/bin/perl
for(ref bless{},just'another'perl'hacker){s-:+-$"-g&&print$_.$/}

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