Re: A83: Re: Random number...

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Subject: Re: A83: Re: Random number...
From: "James Matthews" <matthews@tkb.att.ne.jp>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 07:27:18 +0900
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Take out the ld a,e and try again.  What you do is take out the value of e, then swap the registers then display them...weird
stuff will happen :)

HTH<

James Matthews (matthews@tkb.att.ne.jp)

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> From: yean yean <yhean@mailcity.com>
> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: A83: Re: Random number...
> Date: Sunday, November 29, 1998 10:50 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Thx James, but it doesn't work...... :(
> Let me tell you what I do after, to display the number :
> 
> 	call	_random
> 	ld	a,40
> 	call	_setxxop2
> 	call 	_fpmult
> 	ld	a,10
> 	call	_fpadd
> 
> 	call 	_CONVOP1	;
> 	ld 	a,e		; that's correct
> 	ex 	de,hl		; no ???
> 	call	dispHL		;
> 
> So, that gives me a number between 40 and 79 !
> I don't understand where's the problem. I have another problem, because if I try with
> 1 instead of 10, before "_fpadd", I always get a number between 40 and 79.
> 
> Please help,
> 'yhean  ;)
>  
> 
> 
> On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 09:29:53   James Matthews wrote:
> >
> >This is a little slower probably than the ZLIB version, but it works:
> >
> >	call	_random
> >	ld	a,40
> >	call	_setxxop2
> >	call 	_fpmult
> >	ld	a,10
> >	call	_fpadd
> >
> >OP1 now has a number between 10 and 50.
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >James Matthews (matthews@tkb.att.ne.jp)
> >
> >ICQ: 7413754
> >http://home.att.ne.jp/gold/tomcat21/index.html
> >http://library.advanced.org/18242/
> >
> >----------
> >> From: yean yean <yhean@mailcity.com>
> >> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
> >> Subject: A83: Random number...
> >> Date: Sunday, November 29, 1998 5:10 AM
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I'm sure it's very simple... :), but I ask.
> >> Is there a way to do in assembly like in basic : 10+rand*41  ????
> >> That thing will display a number between 10 and 50, I want to do like this, but in asm.
> >> Is it possible ?
> >> 
> >> THX  ;)
> >> 
> >> see ya,
> >> 'yhean
> >> 
> >> 
> 
> 
> 
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