#!/usr/bin/perl -w $Q = 1; # probability of no common birthday $N=50; # population size for ($K=0; $K < $N; $K++) { $Q =$Q*(1 - $K/365); $k = $K+1; $P = 1 - $Q; # probability of a common birthday #print "$k people, probability $P of a common birthday.\n"; if (($k % 5) == 0) {print " $k $P\n";} }