Malte- Thursday, February 11, 2010, 1:32:09 AM, you wrote:
> In most cases, this would make the sequence predictable (if you > were to set the randomseed to a fixed value). > I have happened to have written a tiny article on predictable > random numbers in the last newsletter: > http://runrev.com/newsletter/february/issue86/newsletter3.php <I really have to start reading those newsletters...> Setting the randomseed to a fixed value does indeed provide a repeatable random pattern, and that's one of the tools I use to achieve random data testing and still be able to find and repeat a problem data set. Setting the randomseed to something less predictable can give results that are more... er... random: set the randomseed to the milliseconds so it depends on what your intentions are. -- -Mark Wieder [email protected] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
