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Is there a random number generator for Puppy? (Solved)
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Pizzasgood


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PostPosted: Tue 27 Dec 2011, 19:05    Post subject:  
You can also do this from the shell, to get a number from 0 - 32767:
Code:
echo $RANDOM

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/randomvar.html
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GustavoYz


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PostPosted: Thu 29 Dec 2011, 02:34    Post subject:  
Pizzasgood wrote:
You can also do this from the shell, to get a number from 0 - 32767:
Code:
echo $RANDOM

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/randomvar.html


And, from 0 to any other number (5 in this case), like this:
Code:
echo $[$RANDOM%6]


For floats, u can use somethig like this:
Code:
perl -le 'print rand(6);'

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