Hi,
I need to get a random number whenever the perl script is called. Each time
the random number I got should be different. I use that number to name
generated files, i.e. I want the perl script to generate different file names
whenever it is called. Can someone tell me how to get the di
> I want the perl script to generate different file names
> whenever it is called.
How about using the time:
my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time);
$year += 1900;
$mon += 1;
$file = sprintf("%s%4.4d_%2.2d_%2.2d_%2.2d_%2.2d_%2.2d.txt"
Gary Yang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to get a random number whenever the perl script is called. Each
> time the random number I got should be different. I use that number to
> name generated files, i.e. I want the perl script to generate different
> file names whenever it is called. Can someone
