RF (here my abbreviation for "random function") holds a random numeric
value, currently fixed at 2020. If it wasn't fixed I'd use the
alternative suggested in the comment, being the value of nanoseconds
from system time. It's fixed because there are only three entrants, and
two of them agree the third should win. count holds the number of
entrants. The % symbol means modulus. A modulus calculation is a way of
taking a big number and wrapping it around a small number until it's no
larger than the small number. RF % count + 1 therefor provides the
index of the winner in the list of names.
On 22/09/2020 08:58, Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour wrote:
Ha hah! Thanks for the endorsement Alan; )
But I'm pretty sure that's not how it should work.
James I don't understand the logic of the selection. How's it work?
:)
R
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 1:59 AM Alan Sondheim <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Surely Ruth all the time and forever!
Best, Alan
On Mon, 21 Sep 2020, James Morris wrote:
> winner selecting bash script attached. modifications welcome.
winner
> currently fixed.
>
>
web http://www.alansondheim.org/index.html cell 347-383-8552
current text http://www.alansondheim.org/xn.txt
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