Re: Random number generator

Posted by webmaster Guido on January 11, 2002 at 18:08:26:

In Reply to: Random number generator posted by BeckyR on January 11, 2002 at 16:55:47:

: I want to generate random numbers but I need to set the range to start at 1000000000 instead of 0. Is there a way the starting number can be set?
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The function Random(RANGE) returns a real number X with 0 <= X < RANGE.
RANGE must be an integer, so you are limited to the largest integer that is possible in Win32 Delphi. That's 2147483648 (a bit over 2000 million).
Example: Random(50) can return 0 or 12.1231313 or 49.99999 and so on (but not 50).

If RANGE is not specified, the result is a real number in the range 0 <= X < 1.

If you want an integer random number, you can use Trunc() to cut off the decimal part.

Example:
To get a random integer in the range from 1 to 1000 you use:
R := Trunc(Random(1000)) + 1;

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