[A83] Re: Randomization

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: Randomization
From: Burak "Gül" <eniyi@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:30:30 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <001001c1825c$ba7fbbe0$0201a8c0@brinstar>
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org

The calculator's generator is always giving the same results when I use
randInt( and I don't like to use it.
I remember writing a simple slot machine in Qbasic seven years ago. The
player inputs a number before running the slot machine. It seemed me silly
at that time, but now I understand it better. It was the same reason.

--- David Phillips <david@acz.org> wrote:
> You need something that will change.  For example, you might display a
> title
> screen when a program starts.  Start a timer when the screen is
> displayed,
> and note how long it takes for the user to press a key.  This value can
> be
> used as the starting seed value for the random number generator.

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[A83] Re: Randomization

From: "David Phillips" <david@acz.org>