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From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Lattice Random Numbers
Message-ID: <90266.171043UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 23 Sep 90 21:10:43 GMT
References: <4604@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <4604@crash.cts.com>, acota@pro-realm.cts.com (Arnold Cota) says:
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>How do I generate a random number in the range of 1 to 54 in Lattice C?
>

Use one of the functions that generate a number in [0,1)  (see the manual)
multiply by 53 to get a number in [0,53.99999999), add one to get a
number in [1.000000, 54.999999999) and assign the result to an integer
to truncate.

See a book such as Sedgewick's Algorithms for more detail.

                                                          lee