my $tenk; $tenk += 1 + int( rand(6) ) for 1..10000; my $avg = $tenk/10000; # $avg = 5; # uncomment this line to provoke the warning if ( ($avg < 3.4) or ($avg > 3.6) ){ diag("\n\n\nPROBLEM: you got an average of $avg while was expected a value > 3.4 and < 3.6\n\n\n". "The average was made on 10000 results.\n". "This can happen in old Perl distribution on some platform.\n". "In future distributions of this module you might be able to load a different random number generator\n\n\n\n") } else{ ok ( $avg > 3.4, "average randomness ok (10000d6 / 10000 > 3.4)" ); ok ( $avg < 3.6, "average randomness ok (10000d6 / 10000 < 3.6)" ); }