Re: A92: random number
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Re: A92: random number
Yes please, could you send the page of the book please ? It would very kind
of you. Thanx.
MP <philhuck@club-internet.fr>
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De : BC260@aol.com <BC260@aol.com>
À : assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org>
Date : mardi 8 septembre 1998 22:49
Objet : Re: A92: random number
>
>HI,
> I have no idea how to code a random number generator in the Fargo code
you
>guys are writting. I learned alot about random numbers in my C classes.
Last
>semester I wrote a CPU simulation program where all of the variables were
>randomly generated. This turned out to be kinda difficult to debug because
I
>never had the same answer twice. I took an average of an average of the
>results to obtain consistent data -- just to figure out I had the program
>specification slightly wrong!!! I eventually learned to seed the generator
>correctly.
>Well, it was correct but I figured out how to keep it constant. This random
>number generation is quite intresting. Just how randomly are those numbers
>being generatated on those video poker games at the casino??? Well, the
random
>number generator I have used is only a psuedo-random number generator. It
puts
>out an even distribution within the target range. The way it scales the
>numbers is with a mod operator. It utilizes the remainder from an integer
>divison. So, it gives you a number between
> 0 and target_range - 1. It isn't all that totally simple, there is more to
>it, but that is the jist of it. If you would like I can try to scan the
page
>from the book and send it to you. I will have access to a scanner on Wed
and
>Fri. let me know. sorry I talked your ear off
>Brian
>