Re: random sub returns same results...

2003-04-05 Thread Rob Dixon
Meriwether Lewis wrote: > Hi Gurus! > > I have the following sub which creates a random > string. Each time I call the sub in my perl > script it returns a random string which is fine. > The problem is every time I run the script the > same strings are returned. I'm running perl > 5.001 on Windows

Re: random sub returns same results...

2003-04-05 Thread Li Ngok Lam
perldoc -f srand - Original Message - From: "meriwether lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 10:09 AM Subject: random sub returns same results... > Hi Gurus! > > I have the following sub which creates a ran

random sub returns same results...

2003-04-05 Thread meriwether lewis
Hi Gurus! I have the following sub which creates a random string. Each time I call the sub in my perl script it returns a random string which is fine. The problem is every time I run the script the same strings are returned. I'm running perl 5.001 on Windows 2000. sub RandomStr { my $i=0; my