Re: Daily Perl FAQ - How do I select a random line from a file? (fwd)

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:51:40 -0500, schwern@pobox.com (Michael G Schwern) wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:36:06AM +0100, Philip Newton wrote:
> > Obi-Wan error in there? I think you need rand(@arr), or you're never
> > going to get the last element (since rand($#arr) always is < $#arr).
> 
> I'm trying to put together Obi-Wan and off-by-one together somehow...

Similar pronunciation, as far as I'm concerned.

See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/obi-wan-error.html .

Cheers,
Philip

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