Re: Help for random number generator

On 12 Sep 2005 22:49:33 -0700, "Nishant" <nishantxl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> hello Friends
> Please suggest me regarding the best possible use of
> random number generator.
> I am unable to figure out the reason why it is not working properly.I
> have seen that the random number generator works fine when I use less
> number of iteration in the for loop but it fails to work properly when
> I increase the number of iterations in the for loop.
>
> meaning that the random number generator generates different
> sequence of random no each time if the no of iterations in the for
> loop is less where as it fails to produce a different sequence of
> random no each time if the no of iterations in the for loop in large.

Gee, it *seems* like you are complaining that it
produces the same sequence for a large loop.
But it should *always* produce the same sequence
when it starts with the same seed-value. That makes
me think you starting with very little knowledge of
what you are doing.

So, what are you doing with Seeds?

If you want more concrete help, I expect you will need to
post the code, in whatever programming language it is.


>
>
> please let me know any technique to debug this error in my code
> Awaiting your reply

Be very careful about where you place the statements
that initialize the seed. Read the documentation.

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Rich Ulrich, wpilib@xxxxxxxx
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