Re: [open-cobol-list] How to use RANDOM function.

[Sergey Kashyrin]

Hi John,

the unix/c "random" function has been designed to work this way.
usually people are seeding it with a time() - which are the seconds... :-)

Regards,
SK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Culleton" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:50 PM
Subject: [open-cobol-list] How to use RANDOM function.


> I want to have a certain number randomly chosen every time a certain 
> program runs.
>
> I have this in WORKING-STORAGE:
>        77  RANDUM PICTURE S9V9(10).
> I have this statement:
> COMPUTE RANDUM = FUNCTION RANDOM(0).
> Every time I run the program the value of RANDUM is the same. If I 
> change the seed then I get a different number but that is repetitious 
> also. If I leave off the seed it acts as if the seed was zero.
> --
> John Culleton, Wexford Press
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