On 08/18/2010 11:25 AM, mikeyzman wrote: > > Im having trouble generating random numbers with M4. I found a thread on the > subject but the recommended defs do not work > >>> m4 lacks a random number generator builtin. I think it would be great if > such builtin existed. Currently I use something like: > dnl random(num): Evaluates to a random number from range 0..num-1. > define([random],[eval(esyscmd(printf $RANDOM) % $1)])dnl
What is your /bin/sh? $RANDOM is a bash extension, and if your /bin/sh is dash, that would explain why you are not passing any argument to printf. You can modify your esyscmd to force bash: esyscmd([/bin/bash -c 'printf "$RANDOM"']) -- Eric Blake [email protected] +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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