At 07:38 AM 2/7/2003 -0500, Bill Downall wrote:
Please help me remember if there is a way to "seed" the R:Base
RANDOM() function.
Now, in a loop, it generates a series of random values that appear truly
random and well distributed. However, If I run the same program later, it
generates the SAME series of random values in the same order.
I remember Wayne -- years ago -- explaining that this is a behavior useful
in testing, and that there was a way to make it truly random. I thought it
was a separate command like RANDOMIZE, but I can't find that.
Bill,
I'm scheduled to meet with Wayne this weekend in Seattle, WA. I'll ask
him the exact criteria to randomize. If we need to tweak the existing
RANDOM function, we will. And, that functionality will be available in
R:BASE 7.0 for Windows!
Very Best Regards,
Razzak.
