John W. Krahn wrote: > howa wrote: >> >> I want to have a max range of rand function, so I use >> >> my $rnd = rand(4294967295) ; >> >> However, is it safe to use so, e.g. in 32 bit system? > > rand() returns a floating point number that is based on RANDBITS and not > the size of the CPU registers, so to see how many bits rand() uses run > this on the command line: > > perl -V:randbits > > On my 32 bit computer I have 48 RANDBITS.
You lucky thing. I have only 15 :-/ Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
