Re: Random

Back in 1997 this came up.  Here's the program someone (maybe Jon Paris?) 
posted.

I hope this posts OK and doesn't jump all over the place.  If its 
unreadable and you want it, let me know and I'll send it to you as an 
attachment.

/* .............................................................. */ 
/* >Does Rexx have the ability to randomly generate a 5-digit number? + 
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Here you go. Use either rn or rn2 depending on whether you want       + 
the numbers to run from 10,000 to 99,999 (rn) or to run from          + 
0 to 99,999 with leading zeroes for numbers <10,000.                 */ 
 
/* Generate a 5 digit random number */ 
/* R.N. runs from 10,000 to 99,999 */ 
   rn=RANDOM(10000,99999) 
Say rn 
 
/*   R.N. runs from 0 to 99,999, with                           */ 
/*   leading zeroes padded to make                              */ 
  /* 5 digits */ 
 /*  rn2=RANDOM(0,99999)                                        */ 
 /* rn2=RIGHT(rn2,5,"0")                                       */ 
 /*  say rn2                                                     */ 
 
 
/* .............................................................. */ 
 
 
             Exit                                                    
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"Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
02/11/2000 08:47 PM
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        Subject:        Re: Random


At 10:43 AM 02/11/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>I recently changed jobs and I can't find the source code for the random
>number generator.
>I know it was published on Midrange or News some years ago.
>Does anyone know where I can get it?

There is a TAA Tool called Generate Random Number (GENRANNBR).

Al


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