Or you could use the built-in RNG: ]cs=. 9!:0 '' NB. Current seed 16807 10?10000 8590 8623 7940 9267 6558 6272 8741 8793 3555 7335
9!:1]cs NB. Reset seed 10?10000 8590 8623 7940 9267 6558 6272 8741 8793 3555 7335 On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Sherlock, Ric <[email protected]>wrote: > > From: Carl Wyant > > > > I would like to be able to generate a 'list' of 'random' (or I guess, > > pseudo-random), non-repeating numbers; somewhere between 00000 and > > 99999. > > But more importantly, I would like to be able to repeat, [or > > alternatively, > > have someone else (on some other computer)] generate the SAME list. > > > > Is there some way to do this in J, short of creating a formula to just > > 'randomize' such a list? > > > > Yes this is possible. See the following Wiki page for implementations: > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/RNG > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
