Re: AW: How do I pick one random element from an array?

[Dave Tang]

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:23:38 +1000, Thomas Bätzler <t.baetzler@xxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Majian <jiannma@xxxxxxxxx> asked:
> [...]
> > print "Array of random: $array[rand @array]\n";
> >
> >
> > I thoght it might work but it doesnt. I hope someone could give me an
> > idea to work this out...
>
> TIMTOWTDY:
>
> a) print "Array of random: $array[rand( @array ) ] \n";
>
> b) print "Array of random: " . $array[rand @array] . "\n";
>
> c) my $random_name = $array[rand @array];
> print "Array of random: $random_name\n";
>
> HTH,
> Thomas

Hi Thomas,

Just a quick question, how does Perl interpret something like  
$array[0.7995038473872]?

Cheers,

Dave

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