This program is so that you can call a perl script with a file or multiple argument list. The files contain 1 quote per line. People running a web page can call the perl script to get a new random quote to put on the site from all the quotes in the text files you create.
A new quote on ur page every time can make it even kewler to visit.
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#!/usr/bin/perl
die "You must pass at least one file as an argument to this program" if !(defined($ARGV[0]));
while(<>) {
push(@quotes,$_);
}
#formula for random between ranges
# int((Ubound - Lbound + 1) * rand + Lbound)
$x = int(($#quotes - 0 + 1) * rand + 0);
print "$quotes[$x]";
Now I get people hitting refresh on my site all the time, they love the random quotes, excellent code d00d! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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9/22/2001 1:22:49 PM: 
