note ColonelPanic <p>A simple test:</p> <code> my $sum = 0; for( 1..10_000_000 ) { $sum++ if coin_toss() eq 'heads'; } print $sum; </code> <p>The result I got was 5,000,938, meaning heads happened 50.01% of the time. Seems pretty reasonable.</p> <p>Most people's perceptions of randomness are notoriously faulty. For example, they seriously underestimate the number of times repeated numbers will appear in a sequence.</p> <p>One suggestion: I think it is clearer to use int() to specify that you want a random <i>integer</i>:</p> <code> my $index = int rand @coin; return $coin[ $index ]; </code> <p>As your code is written, you are using a floating point number as the array index. This works (because it is converted to integer), but it is a little unusual. You wouldn't write <code> $array[1.5] </code></p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-27571"> <br><br>When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct? --Larry Wall </div></div> 1005043 1005043