in reply to Re: Make random numbers
in thread Make random numbers

I did like your post. This should have been enough to get the OP started.

There are 2 minor details to be addressed. The rand(1000) function will return float values from 0 and never reaching 1000. So we need to chop off the fractional part - that will yield ints from 0..999. To get the desired range, adding a constant offset of 1 will do the job.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

print "",int(rand(1000))+1,"\n" for (1..100);

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Re^3: Make random numbers
by Eily (Monsignor) on Dec 07, 2018 at 09:35 UTC

    I'm tempted to argue that the OP didn't mention wanting integer numbers between 1 and 1000 :P, but technically I did understand the same as you until I started thinking about an answer to your post :D. I didn't mention int on purpose for two reasons, I knew it was mentioned in the rand page, and I expected GHMON to come back here for corrections if the first attempt didn't work as expected.

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      I think the OP wanted integers (1..1000).
      I also expected a reply with some Perl code and an explanation of why it didn't "work".
      I think we are on the same page...

      If I get a response like "this worked", but it doesn't create an array and I haven't tried to do that...this will fall upon some very deaf ears.

      Update: I am probably not the only Monk who wonders what the OP is going to do with this array of numbers? Geez.. this function is not exactly a masterpiece of Computer Science. I have no idea of how this data will be used.

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        I am probably not the only Monk who wonders what the OP is going to do with this array of numbers?

        In addition, I wondered whether someone should point out to the OP that solutions given so far provide pseudorandom (not random) numbers. But I decided (for my own convenience) that such considerations were not relevant to the exercise being undertaken.

        Cheers,
        Rob
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