RE: How to retrieve a random number in COBOL/CL/API call -- COBOL400-L

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Title: RE: How to retrieve a random number in COBOL/CL/API call

A simple method people use is to retrieve the time and use the hundreths of a second. Multiply it out to get the range you desire.

-----Original Message-----
From: Masters, Tom [ETD/STL]
[mailto:Tom.Masters@EmersonTransportation.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:37 AM
To: 'COBOL400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: How to retrieve a random number in COBOL/CL/API call

Is there a function somewhere in OS/400 to call which will return a random
number?

Thanks,

Tom Masters
Mgr. Information Systems
Emerson Transportation Division
(314) 506-2380 (Voice)
(314) 506-2620 (Fax)
Tom.Masters@emersontransportation.com

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