Strange, I got 94 on arm64. Did 32bits and 64bits get different results?
On Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 8:21 PM Arnab Chakraborty <damd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > For my class of about 30 students armed with JAndroid 901, I had planned to > use ?. to generate a random matrix which should be same for everybody. To > start with, I asked everybody to try > > ?. 100 > > Some got 46, others got 93. No other values. Next, someone noticed that if > they repeatedly type > > ? 100 > > then many are getting the SAME sequence of "random" numbers. Hence my > question: > > 1) Is there a way to produce predictable "random numbers" across different > machines (all running Jandroid 901_*, where the *'s may differ)? > > 2) Is there some way to get the initial seed from, say, the system time in > millisecond (or something like that)? > > Thanks a lot. > > Arnab. > > PS: BTW, my students are loving J! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
