Re: Random numbers generator

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I believe that, for diffrent results on diffrent machine, you can base your random generation upon a timer..
do depending on the time of your server the random number is generated.
The timer is the same once each day.. :)
I've done this a lot in VB dunno how in Perl..

# VB Code in here
RANDOMIZE(Timer)
N = INT(RND * 10)
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I will be flamed.. :)

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Re(2): Random numbers generator by yakko (Friar) on Feb 07, 2001 at 21:21 UTC
Have a look at srand and rand. That block translates pretty well into perl: `srand; my $n=int(rand(10)); # gets you a number 0..9` [download] -- Me spell chucker work grate. Need grandma chicken.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re(2): Random numbers generator by davorg (Chancellor) on Feb 07, 2001 at 21:23 UTC
`srand` is only required if your script is running on a version of Perl earlier than 5.004. -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply]
Re: (4): Random numbers generator by Adam (Vicar) on Feb 08, 2001 at 02:40 UTC
Yes. There is an excellent explanation of Perl's random seed here. (for 5.004 and up)	[reply]

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