Re: A86: Creating distinct random-integer lists using ASM or BASIC


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Re: A86: Creating distinct random-integer lists using ASM or BASIC




In a message dated 10/2/98 19:41:33 Eastern Daylight Time, QmH@aol.com writes:

> I'll try to be as clear as possible on this.
>  
>  Is there anyway somebody can create a list of random integers with an 
> inputted
>  range?....sort of like putting the integers within the range in random
order.
> 
>  
>  For example, if you input 1 and 10.  It should generate a 10 item list of
>  numbers from 1 to 10 that are randomly placed something like:  {5, 3, 8, 9,
> 2,
>  1, 7, 6, 4, 10}.
>  
>  If someone knows of any optimal way of programming this either in basic or
>  asm, preferably in asm then I'd greatly appreciate it.  this will come in 
> use
>  when taking statistics courses since sometimes you have the assign the
>  experimental units random numbers in order to invalidate the lurking 
> variable
>  of nonrandom assigning.
>  
>  Reply to this list.


input "max range:",a
input "# of values:",b
randInt(1,a,b)->list