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Newcomers DBPro Corner / choosing random numbers?

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Acolyte Entertainment
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Posted: 10th Jan 2006 06:57
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is it possible to make the engine chose from 10 numbers?
like make it randomly pick between 100,200,300 etc. if so please post how.

thanks,
-Marlin Studios

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The Nerd
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Posted: 10th Jan 2006 07:20 Edited at: 10th Jan 2006 07:23
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Indeed you can

If you're talking about DarkBasic, just do something like this:


the "rnd(10)+1" means that it will pick a number between 0-10. But if you don't want it to pick 0, just put a + 1 after it like I did in the example. Of course you can change the number between the brackets"()" to any number you want.

Hope it helps

-The Nerd

Free Particle Engine for DarkBasic Pro:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=60141&b=5
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BatVink
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Posted: 10th Jan 2006 10:30
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A couple more things:

Always precede your random number code with:

RANDOMIZE TIMER()

This ensures you get different numbers each time the program is run.

Random numbers are always integers from 0 to the number you specify. So, if you want 100,200,300...1000, you would do the following:

MyNum = RND(9) + 1
MyNum = MyNum * 100

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Acolyte Entertainment
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Posted: 10th Jan 2006 16:09
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thankyou!

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Acolyte Entertainment
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Posted: 10th Jan 2006 16:46
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how do you make it chose random words that i decide what the words are?

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BatVink
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Posted: 10th Jan 2006 16:59
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You could make an array of words:

Dim MyArray$(3)
MyArray$(1) = "Marlin"
MyArray$(2) = "BatVink"
MyArray$(3) = "The Nerd"

Then, pick a random number:

num = rnd(2) + 1

Then, get the corresponding array element:

PRINT MyArray$(num)

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Acolyte Entertainment
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Posted: 11th Jan 2006 01:15
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thank you so much! your my hero

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