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echo: power_bas
to: MARCEL VELDHUIZEN
from: KURT KUZBA
date: 1996-09-07 00:07:00
subject: Random Numbers

MV> KK>   randomize timer: dim dice(6, 9) as integer: shared dice()
MV> KK>   for die% = 0 to 8
MV> KK>      for face% = 0 to 5
MV> KK>         dice(die%, face%) = face% + 1
MV> KK>      next
MV> KK>   next
MV>   Here's the first bug, I suppose... I haven't run it or
MV>   something like that, but the die% and the face% are a bit
MV>   mixed up...
MV>   But, could you explain to me why this would be anymore
MV>   random then just using RND???
mv>............
   It runs fine just as it is. I tested and debugged it already.
I can't say that it will consistantly produce more random results
that simple using
   TOSS% = rnd * (dice% * faces% - dice%) + dice%
but it is a practical method of creating an emulation of dice.
As far as the resultant total of numbers is concerned, there is
no real difference, I imagine, but if you had a wish to display
the results for each die, then tossing each, individually, would
be the best method. A simple RND would, naturally, be faster.
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