Re: random generator

Ok, here is what is happening.  I should know; I am the guy to put the random
number generator in AutoIt.

Each time the script is started, the random number generator is being
initialized from the clock.  So any two scripts that are started within the
same second will generate the same pseudo-random number sequence.  A way around
this is to have the same script generate many numbers; each will be different,
or use a more precise timer  to initialize the random number generator.  Check
the docs for Random, specifically initializing/resetting the generator.

David "Nutster" Nuttall


>   From: Simon Jaeger 
>   To: [email protected] 
>   Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:08 PM
>   Subject: [AutoIt] random generator
> 
>   Hello,
> 
>   I used a random number script that defined a random variable, waited 15
> seconds and then wrote it to a file. I had a very interesting result when I
> held down enter for a few seconds. Here is the code, then the results
> 
>   code
>   #NoTrayIcon
>   $number=random(1,999999,0)
>   sleep(15000)
>   FileWrite("random.txt",$number&@crlf)
>   beep(1000,25)
> 
>   now the results
> <removed, but a lot of the same number showing up each time.>
>
>   notice, a 14 digit number. What are the odds of that coming out the same
> way more than 20 times. I was hoping someone could explain this to me. Are
> the scripts interfering with each other somehow, using the same memory space
> or something?
> 
>   Simon


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