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Monzi
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Posted: 10th May 2004 12:20 Edited at: 10th May 2004 12:23
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How do i create random numbers?

i made the following little program:

RANDOMIZE 5
do
cls
x=rnd(10)
print x
loop

but everytime i run the program the sequence of numbers are the same!
What do i do to make the sequence random every time i run the program?
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spooky
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Posted: 10th May 2004 13:15
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stick RANDOMIZE TIMER() at the top

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Monzi
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Posted: 10th May 2004 16:49
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Thanks alot spooky
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spooky
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Posted: 10th May 2004 17:11
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Forgot to mention. That is to replace your RANDOMIZE 5 which is another use for the randomize command if you want the same random numbers generated on different pcs. Useful for building random game levels that are the same on each pc.

What randomize timer() does is seed the random number generator to start from the timer() value, which is a continually increasing number, that is the number of milliseconds since last reboot.

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Monzi
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Posted: 11th May 2004 02:10
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OK. Thanks for explaining further for me.. i'm a bit of a newbie with DarkBASIC
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 11th May 2004 02:20
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spooks is it since reboot, or from midnight based on system time?


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