Re: A basic question

Don Shanks wrote:
> I am just trying to integrate exsl into my current stuff, before doing
> anything heavy I thought I would try something simple. I wrote some xml and
> xsl that basically runs through three nodes and writes a random number out
> to the transform. The issue I am getting is that the numbers are always the
> same. I run through the loop three times and gt three different numbers, but
> always the same three numbers in the exact same order, even if I change the
> sort on my transform. Any thoughts?

What implementation are you using?

Even a pseudo-RNG should be seeding from the system clock by default.

If your implementation supports random:random-sequence(), you may want to
use that instead, supplying your own seed passed in via an external param.