<plug> As a statistician </plug> I have to mention that it
is important to check that the 'random' numbers generated by these
functions are in fact different every time you run them.
At 01:05 PM 27/09/00 -0500, you wrote:
>double question
>
><cfset x = Randrange(100000000, 999999999)>
><cfset x2 = Randrange(100000000, 999999999)>
><cfset y = Randrange(100000000, 999999999)>
><cfset y2 = Randrange(100000000, 999999999)>
><cfset ran = "#x##x2##y##y2#">
>
>Question #1
>
>i figgure the chances of hitting the same number twice is like 1 in 10x32
>
>but as i remember with ye old BASIC programming:
>In basic you never have a truly random number unless you create a random
>number unless you
>randomize timer
>i'm assuming that this is done automatically with most programming languages
>> 1984
>does anyone know how cf gets its random number, does it run it off the
>timer? what are the chances of hitting the same query the same .0000000001
>second of another person? Or does it do more then run of the timer.
>
>Question #2
>
>Is the code i'm using above "fine"? Or should I use a different method to
>get a random number (it can be random numbers and characters or whatever)?
>
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