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in reply to New to Perl: Hashes and int(rand())

This is an (untested) example of the code you might want to insert into the program template provided by Ovid in order to populate the %stat_for hash: 
foreach my $key (keys %stat_for) {
     $stat_for{$key} = 2 + int (rand (6)) + int (rand (6));
}

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This will populate different random values for each of the three characteristrics (intelligence, strength, dexterity) of your character, because the $key variable will take successively the values of the three caracteristics.

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