Re: biased random number picking

Or maybe just

my @values = (100..200);

my $i = int( rand(@values) );
my $j = $i;
$j = int( rand(@values) ) while $i == $j;
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Re^2: biased random number picking by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Jul 12, 2012 at 14:47 UTC
Since rand takes an expression as its argument and there are 101 elements in @values your code is equivalent to `my $i = int( rand(101) );`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: biased random number picking by RichardK (Parson) on Jul 12, 2012 at 15:11 UTC
That's correct :) rand returns a value less than the expression so will return an index in the range 0..100. Which is just what we needed -- woot!	[reply]
Re^4: biased random number picking by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Jul 12, 2012 at 15:59 UTC
I found your solution confusing since your array had 101 elements and so wouldn't work with the op's data. I realize now this was just a test array of junk values. Your solution works fine for your array of 101 elements since both indexes will be in the range 0..100. Putting the array inside the rand() function is a general solution in case the array size changes.	[reply]