Peter. I think I now see the difference when a random sortkey is used to randomize, as opposed to simply creating a random list from data:
put "1,2,3" into temp repeat 100 put item random(3) of temp & return after myList --works well end repeat is very different than: put "1,2,3" into temp repeat 100 sort items of temp by random(3) put temp & return after myList -- hardly works at all end repeat I saw them as similar. I was wrong. Craig Newman In a message dated 2/11/10 11:23:00 AM, [email protected] writes: > Brian Yennie gave the explanation. When you use random(3) as a sort > key you have a high chance (in fact I think it's 50%) that two of the > items will be assigned the same sort key, and thus their relative > position will be preserved, giving a decidedly non-random sort. If you > sort by random(1000000) or some suitably high number the chances of > getting the same sortkey in your three iterations is miniscule. > _______________________________________________ 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
