Date: 22 Nov 2001 19:20:32 -0800 From: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick question Message-ID: <87pu6a2mwv.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> In-Reply-To: <034601c173cb$8edfee00$a50410ac@olmct.net> References: <034601c173cb$8edfee00$a50410ac@olmct.net>
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"Andre` Niel Cameron" <AndreC@Axxs.net> writes:
| Anyone know how to get a whole random number in perl?
|
| rand(18) always gives decimals I need just like 12 or 7 anyone know?
Traditionally, most rand()-style functions return a decimal of 0<=x<1. Perl
gives you a bit better, giving you a rand(n) function which will return 0<=x<n.
In general, you'd probably use
int(rand(18))
to truncate the value. This will return a value of 0..17. If you want 1..18,
just add one.
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