From: "Geo" 

"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:41b3660d{at}w3.nls.net...

>>I'm pretty sure that that uses the 'rand' function internally, so your
method for setting the generator would still apply.

it's important to use an unusual randomizer routine because there are no
real random numbers. By that I mean of 10 people wrote a program to do the
same thing, and we all used the same randomize routine then wouldn't the
results all be similar (based on time only)? Anyway, that's the logic
behind my goofy randomize loop.

So far it's working great and I really appreciate the solution to the zero
problem as well. I'm now working on the mega millions generator. Will post
to binaries once I'm done.

Geo.

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