use List::Util 'shuffle'; use List::MoreUtils 'uniq'; use strict; my @weighteddiv = ( (1..50), (1..10) x 10, ); my @shuffle1 = shuffle( uniq @weighteddiv ); my @shuffle2 = uniq( shuffle @weighteddiv ); printf "shuffle1: %s\n", join(', ', sort {$a <=> $b} @shuffle1[0..10]); printf "shuffle2: %s\n", join(', ', sort {$a <=> $b} @shuffle2[0..10]);