"Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > That's correct, but if you have a very very very old Perl, you'll need > to add "srand;" at the beginning of your program. Do it just once, > though.
That was one of the first things I tried - but I think my Perl is pretty up to date [I only downloaded it the day before yesterday....lol] anyhoo - it didn't make any difference. > The normal idiom is: > > my $one_of_many = $many[rand @many]; I keep seeing this "my $var" hmmm .... I understand what it is but not really when to use it and when not - *decides to go do some reading up on *my* and experiment* Wytch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
