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From: hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Is Random() random?
Message-ID: <HAIRSTON.90Dec2210114@henry.ece.cmu.edu>
Date: 3 Dec 90 02:01:13 GMT
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how random is the Toolbox routine Random()?  IM-I says it returns
an integer in the range -32767 (not -32768) to 32,767 before
cycling.  does this mean it will hit every number in that range
once before repeating?  and why the seemingly strange range

  -dave-  
hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu