>>>>> "p46921x" == p46921x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
p46921x> 1. Only characters in the source string are in the random string p46921x> meaning if Z is not in my source string, it will not be in my random p46921x> string. If A and B are in the source string, then at least one of them p46921x> will be in the random string. p46921x> 2. Each source string will only contain one of the same characters, ie p46921x> ABcDeFG is a valid source string but there will be no source strings p46921x> like ABBDeFG (as it contains two "B"s). p46921x> 3. Each random string has one less character than the source string, p46921x> ie the source string ABcDeFG has 7 characters but the random strings p46921x> ABDeFG and GABcDe and AcBeDG have 6 characters. my $input = "ABcDeFG"; use List::Util qw(shuffle); # core in 5.8, CPAN for earlier my $output = join "", (shuffle split //, $input)[0..length($input)-2]; print $output, "\n"; -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
