RE: Random Number Generation

2003-01-15 Thread Ed Christian
-Original Message- From: Maurice O'Prey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:28 AM Hi All How do I extract a whole number from the rand function. I am using rand 25000; which generates a random number with many decimal places, e.g. 16235.2587965, I

RE: Random Number Generation

2003-01-15 Thread Dylan Boudreau
int(rand 25000) Dylan -Original Message- From: Maurice O'Prey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: January 15, 2003 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Random Number Generation Hi All How do I extract a whole number from the rand function. I am using rand 25000; which generates a

Re: Random Number Generation

2003-01-15 Thread Christopher D . Lewis
On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 08:28 AM, Maurice O'Prey wrote: How do I extract a whole number from the rand function. int() is your friend, if you want an integer from rand. I am using rand 25000; which generates a random number with many decimal places, e.g. 16235.2587965, I need a

Re: Random Number Generation

2001-08-06 Thread Mark Rowlands
On Saturday 04 August 2001 18:35, . wrote: Another thing that I notice the llama book fails to mention is random number generation. Is this possible in Perl? (More specifically in a CGI script.) could also look at Math::TrulyRandom or Math::Random -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

RE: Random Number Generation

2001-08-06 Thread Russell Kroboth
$num=(int(rand 35)); There is probably a more random way to do it, but this is what i know... -Original Message- From: Mark Rowlands [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 2:59 AM To: .; Beginners (E-mail) Subject: Re: Random Number Generation On Saturday 04 August

Re: Random Number Generation

2001-08-05 Thread Michael Kelly
On 8/5/01 10:12 AM, Brian wrote: Okay guys, can we PLEASE not post messages to both the beginners and the beginners-cgi lists? I'm on both, and I know that lots of the people out there are on both. So, we end up with 2 copies of each message. Plus, if you have your filters set up stupid

Re: Random Number Generation

2001-08-04 Thread Mike Rodgers
. wrote: Are you sure it's the llama book, not the camel? Either way, blue or pink? - Original Message - From: Mike Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 6:55 AM Subject: Re: Random Number Generation . wrote: Another thing