Re: Random numbers in functions

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On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Justin M Wozniak wrote:

> 	Are there any other solutions?
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 typeset -F SECONDS
 typeset -F 6 SECONDS
 print $[ ${SECONDS/./} % 10 ]

that will give "random" numbers between 0-9. adjust to just about any 
range you need.

or seed RANDOM like this:
 typeset -F SECONDS
 typeset -F 6 SECONDS
 RANDOM=${SECONDS/./}
 print $RANDOM

in both examples the `typeset` will only have to be done once per 
function.


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