> From: Ng Wei Gee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> StrIToA (qwe, (Int32) (( SysRandom(0)*4096 ) / sysRandomMax ));
> The qn is: how come qwe will either be only 0 or 1??
Because (SysRandom(0) * 4096) yields a 16-bit number, not a 32-bit number as
you may be expecting, and sysRandomMax is 0x7FFF, so 0 and 1 are the only
possible results of the division.
> I need to generate a random number between 0 to 4095.
Consider: SysRandom( 0 ) % 4096
> The other thing is: since sysRandomMax in OS3.5 is 9999,
> while it is 32767 in the older OSes
Huh? sysRandomMax is still 0x7FFF == 32767 in 3.5 and 4.0.
-slj-
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