cc@xroads.UUCP (Dan McGuirk) (03/09/88)
Does anyone know of a way to generate a random number in TML Pascal? There appears to be no 'random' function, and I can't find anything in the manual about it..[or about anything, for that matter..the manual seems to be pretty worthless to me] Is there a command built in to TML to do this or am I going to have to use a completely external procedure? Thanks in advance.. Dan McGuirk ihnp4!crash!xroads!cc -- \ / C r o s s r o a d s C o m m u n i c a t i o n s \/ (602) 971-2240 /\ (602) 992-5007 300|1200 Baud 24 hrs/day / \ ihnp4!crash!xroads!*
douglas@reed.UUCP (P Douglas Reeder) (03/11/88)
You can easily write your own, if you like, with the following equations: seed := (seed*a + c) mod m random := seed/m One good set of numbers to use is: a=62605,c=113218009,m=536870912 A good first seed is 7774755. -- Doug Reeder USENET: ...!tektronix!reed!douglas Box 502 Reed College BITNET: douglas@reed.UUCP 3203 S.E. Woodstock ARPA: !tektronix!reed!douglas@Berkley Portland, OR 97202 UNIVERSE: Local Group,Milky Way,Sol III,122 38'W 45 28'N