I forgot to mention I was using format with the default 'f' for the format string. If i use .3f as the format string, I still do not get the range I'm looking for; more like numbers far in between. Any suggestions?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Delphi-Talk Discussion List" <delphi-talk@elists.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:35 AM Subject: floating point random range > hello. I am working on some code that uses a random range of floating > point > values. I have come up with this > > 0.001 + (RandomRange(0, 32767) / 32767) * (0.5 - 0.001) > > but the problem is that it returns values 0.01 - 0.5 instead of 0.001 - > 0.5 > Is there a better way to do this? Also Is this forum ok to ask math > questions? It is delphi related lol > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
