Hi the list,
Hahem! I asked few days ago about a possibly built-in function giving random or pseudo-random numbers... And received no answer.
Why it is so? Is it a trivial FAQ? I checked in GPC info and there is nothing for random but this: * GPC notes:: Random notes about GPC. And for rand, there is nothing but OPErand :)
So if it is a FAQ it is well hid. It is by no means a tricky or complicated question, may be it is taboo? Dunno... Don't understand!
So heretically I ask again if GPC is providing such a function.
Cheers.
F.P.L
According to FPL:
Hahem! I asked few days ago about a possibly built-in function giving random or pseudo-random numbers... And received no answer.
I do not remember to have received your question, so I guess it got lost somehow before it reached the list.
[...] I checked in GPC info and there is nothing for random but this:
- GPC notes:: Random notes about GPC.
:-)))
Try the following:
Function Rand: Integer; C;
Procedure SRand ( Seed: Cardinal ); C;
Placing the above in the declaration part of your program will make use of the random generator in the system's C library.
See also
ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/gnu-pascal/contrib/rand.pas
for a Borland-compatible random number generator.
Hose this helps,
Peter
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Peter Gerwinski