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DJ

Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:35 pm


random real numbers

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i wanna make random real numbers between a certain range.
i wanna make these real numbers prices, so ineed a decimal cutoff 
how?


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poly

Thu Aug 07, 2003 5:27 pm



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ooops what I posted here was for integers, sorry!


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AsianSensation

Thu Aug 07, 2003 7:04 pm



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Rand.Real

it generates a real number between 0 and 1

then just multiply it by a multiplier if you want bigger numbers to be generated

for example, you want a real number between 0 and 100

num:=Rand.Real * 100


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DJ

Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:54 pm



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but if i want a random real number between 1 and 100 and with 2 decimal places?
i dunno how to use the round function, the help thing dont help


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kmd-10

Thu Aug 07, 2003 10:00 pm



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ok .. use Rand.Real, giving you a number between 0 and 1.
then use a multiplier.
then multiply it by 100.
then use round(n).
then divide by 100, and throw in your dollar sign.


var num : real
var int_num : int
var multiplier : int := 100 % now it's a number from 0 to 100.

num := Rand.Real * multiplier * 100
int_num := round(num)
num := int_num / 100



you could shorten this, but it's to show you what i mean.


var multiplier : int := 10000
var num : real := (round(Rand.Real * multiplier)) / 100



and then after that, you'd need to do your check to add necessary zeroes.  but that shouldn't be a problem.


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DJ

Sun Aug 10, 2003 10:03 pm



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wow and then some that was a good answer


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Namis

Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:06 pm


Rand.Real

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Couldnt you just use

randint(X,X) ???


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krishon

Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:25 pm



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i think that's just for integers....


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Tony

Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:44 pm



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it is... Rand.Int() actually uses Rand.Real() function inside itself to come up with an int.