How can I create a random number between two numbers in Perl

Question

I've seen many other ways to do this in other programming languages... Though I havent found one in Perl yet...

What I want to accomplish is to set two numbers:

$minimum = 100;
$maximum = 4000;

Then to create a random integer between those two. (whole number) ($random_num)

Which is a good resource, although does not do exactly that.

@dvnrrs Integer, Sorry, I'll edit the question to include that — Ilan Kleiman, Feb 16 '14 at 02:10
perl has good documentation; check it *before* looking for other random sites: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq4.html#How-do-I-get-a-random-number-between-X-and-Y%3F (answer shown by toolic's suggested perldoc command) — ysth, Feb 16 '14 at 05:46

score 40 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '14 at 02:11

40

my $x = $minimum + int(rand($maximum - $minimum));

Note this range excludes $maximum itself. Add 1 to make it inclusive.

answered Feb 16 '14 at 02:11

TypeIA

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 12 '21 at 09:50

5

my $random_num = int($minimum + rand($maximum - $minimum));

edited Jan 12 '21 at 09:50

smonff

answered Feb 16 '14 at 02:12

McLovin

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