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A simple test:
The result I got was 5,000,938, meaning heads happened 50.01% of the time. Seems pretty reasonable. 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. One suggestion: I think it is clearer to use int() to specify that you want a random integer:
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 $array[1.5] When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct? --Larry Wall In reply to Re: Is this really random?
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