Wytch wrote: > > I decided to write a little script to help choose who will make the tea on > our gaming night [there is always an argument!] > > I thought I was doing quite well but it seems I am picked on by the > [non]random script I wrote! It seems to default to the first word in the > array. > > I used rand @array; > > I think perhaps that I am thinking about it too simply and perhaps I need to > involve more math - but I am not good at maths [though I am willing and a > quick learner...lol] ! so can anyone point me in the right direction? > > #!c:/perl/perl.exe > > @tea = "Meba", "Shaun", "Mark", "Jason", "Rick", "Dan";
$ perl -le' @tea = "Meba", "Shaun", "Mark", "Jason", "Rick", "Dan"; print "@tea"; ' Meba If you had warnings enabled Perl would have caught this for tou. $ perl -wle' my @tea = "Meba", "Shaun", "Mark", "Jason", "Rick", "Dan"; print "@tea"; ' Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 2. Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 2. Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 2. Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 2. Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 2. Meba #!c:/perl/perl.exe use warnings; use strict; my @tea = qw/Meba Shaun Mark Jason Rick Dan/; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
