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Random Number Replication [message #16592]

Fri, 06 August 1999 00:00

dsheerin
Messages: 8
Registered: June 1998

Junior Member

Hi
I have tried to use the following code to generate a sequence of
random numbers:

FOR k = 1, 4 DO BEGIN
p = RANDOMU (S)
PRINT, p
ENDFOR

Why, when I repeat the operation, does the code (nearly) give me the
same list of random numbers shifted by 1? I thought that each time
RANDOMU was called it took a new value for the SEED due to S being
undefined. How do I 'undefine' S after it has been called?

Cheers

David Sheerin

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