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On 8-Dec-08, at 11:00 AM, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
but I wanted to build in the ability to generate random numbers of
other lengths also
Don't forget that the leading zeros of any number you generate are
significant when you combine two numbers into one. I am no
mathematician, but I suspect that munging two five digit numbers into
one 10 digit number is probably not statistically valid but ... The
important bit is that chopping of the leading zeros as you were doing
by using %Char is not goodness. You should use %EditC with the 'X'
edit code - that will retain the leading zeros.
And using CEERAN0 will give you a _way_ easier way of generating an
arbitrary length number (at least up to the system capacity of 60 odd
digits) since it gives you back a floating point value between 0 and 1
and you simply multiply that by the largest number you want. Way
simpler.
Jon Paris
www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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