Random number

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• Bean Posts: 8,129

  2007-07-28 13:04 edited 2007-07-28 13:04

  One way is the just generate another random number if the value is over 200
  
  DO
  · RANDOM tempByte
  UNTIL temp <= 200
  
  Or you could scale the value using WORD variables
  
  RANDOM tempWord
  tempWord = tempWord / 327
  
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• Lightfoot Posts: 228

  2007-08-06 01:45 edited 2007-08-06 01:45

  now I am trying to generate a number between 3000 and 7000. I tried the diving trick but I do not think it lets you divide by fractions. IS there any other way?
  
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• JonnyMac Posts: 8,943

  2007-08-06 01:51 edited 2007-08-06 01:51

  You can do it like this:
  
  

  RANDOM result
  result = result // 4001
  result = result + 3000
  

  
  
  
  This works because // returns a value from 0 to the divisor minus one. The span between the two values is 4000. Your desired minimum value is 3000, hence gets added to the result of the modulus operation.