Path: utzoo!censor!becker!bdb From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx Subject: Re: Arexx 'random' number generation Message-ID: <1108@becker.UUCP> Date: 16 Nov 89 17:24:44 GMT References: <[255dd53e:14]comp.lang.rexx@tronsbox.UUCP> <89318.193843CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET> Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario Lines: 17 In article <89318.193843CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET> CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET (Charles Hannum) writes: |You are a bonehead. The first time you call the random number generator, |(RANDOM), you need to give it a "seed" value as the third argument, otherwise |you will continue to get the same numbers every time ... One of the great things about the net is how sweet people are to each other. At least some useful information was imparted along with the abuse... Grunt, -- .::. Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \@@/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/c/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _/ \_ Your Agrarian Distress Card - Don't heave loam without it...