RE: LZ: Random Numbers

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RE: LZ: Random Numbers

ok well, what would everyone recommend for the simplest way to generate a 
number from 1-4 making it random!?!?


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From: 	owner-list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org on behalf of SAM STAUFFER
Sent: 	Wednesday, October 09, 1996 4:51 PM
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Subject: 	RE: LZ: Random Numbers


-> > huh? this is a little confusing for me, all i need is the code or
-> an > explanation (in moron terms) to produce a random number from 1-4
-> ! Random numbers are pretty complex... It might actually be SIMPLER
-> to search the rom dump.  When you type Rand() in BASIC, you're
-> calling an incredibly complex routine - else you wind up getting
-> numbers that aren't random at all.
-> BTW, there's a bug in Tetris w/ the piece-selection algorithm - on
-> occasion it will give you about 20 square blocks in a row!  This
-> demonstrates the importance of getting good random numbers...


Well you can do a semi-good one very simply, this is the same one that
Borland uses for all of their products ( C, Pascal, (C++??) ) I'm not
sure if C++ uses it.


A=A*(Any Number)+1


that's what they use, I think that the (Any Number) should be a prime.
That'l give you ok results.