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From: trent@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Ray Trent)
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Subject: Re: mz.c
Message-ID: <1125@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 22:56:50 EST
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In article <823@zen.BERKELEY.EDU> chapman@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Brent Chapman) writes:
>Anyway, the definition of macro oneof() needs to be changed from:
>    #define oneof(n)    (int)(((long)(n) * rand())/32768)
>to:
>    #define oneof(n)    (int)(((long)(n) * (rand() & 0x7fff))/32768)

I suppose this works...but isn't:

     #define oneof(n)    (rand() % (n) + 1)

more intuitive and efficient?

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