This is deterministic but IS NOT a real number! albeit it works for many purposes like display a random quote at TW startup or display a random content when a tiddler is shown!
Best wishes Mohammad On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 11:30 PM Mohammad Rahmani < [email protected]> wrote: > Mat, > Do you mean something like this > > \define pseudo-rand(beta, alpha:1) > <$set name=seed value=<<now "XXX">> > > <$list > filter="[<__beta__>subtract<__alpha__>multiply<seed>divide[999]add<__alpha__>round[]]" > variable=prand> > <<prand>> > </$list> > </$set> > \end > > > <<pseudo-rand beta:10>> > > If we linearly map [0, 999] into [alpha:1, beta:n] where alpha is the > first tiddler and beta is the number of tiddlers to be used for random > display! > from mathematics we have > > x in [0, 999] (this will be generated by now macro) > y in [alpha, beta] (this is the number we like) > > then y= (beta - alpha) / 999 + alpha > > In our case if assume number of tiddlers tagged say with myTag is n like > 100 then > > <<pseudo-rand beta:100>> > > n can be calculated values for example from count filter operator. > > > > > Best wishes > Mohammad > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 10:50 PM Mat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Seems you've solved your needs but I'd think >> >> <<now "xxx">> >> >> should probably be enough in many cases. It's more or less a random >> number between 0 and 999. >> >> If we had a modulo operator I think it should be simple to convert it to >> a random number in any other range. I tried to extract the last digit but a >> few quick attempts failed - suggestions anyone? >> >> <:-) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9a97a046-3e7a-4718-afea-8c4a7a8a697a%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9a97a046-3e7a-4718-afea-8c4a7a8a697a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAAV1gMBt9Uo_9bVHtqDFkqEQFN8bx7dDk_Fg0b4d7ynjvEXB8g%40mail.gmail.com.
