Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 43046
interpreted = N
texte = no prob, i'm tougher than a boiled owl. :)On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:26:03 Andrew Simpson
wrote:>I wrote similar code to generate a database of 1000 >random 7 character>encryptions seeds.>>The reason i used a database was that i wanted random >alpha-numeric>characters not just numbers which is not 100% what your >doing - sorry.>>Anyway - i'm a bit shorty this morning. sick as a dog and >stuff that was>working has stopped working and theres no apparent reason >and thats about>the fastest way to piss me off. didn't mean to take it >out on you.>>I do want to throw my copy of webcat out the friggin >window however and a>more stable development platform with real code and real >databases is>looking more and more enticing.>>aaarrrrrgggh!>>>----- Original Message ----->From: Dan Strong >To: WebCatalog Talk >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:57 AM>Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION>>>> Andrew,>>>> I don't really want to search a .db that's why I went >>the>> route I did...but I'm sure your code works fine...>>>> Seems I spoke too soon..previous code was showing>> duplicate #s (read: not working as intended) so I >>altered>> the code slightly from before, and it appears to work. >>For>> anyone who's interested here is working code (Andrew >>(and>> any 'grown-ups')can ignore this... ;)>>>> [!] -- Randomly generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and >>54>> -- [/!]>> [text show=f]unique_numbers=[/text]>> [math show=f]found=0[/math]>> [loop start=1&end=20]>> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM>> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text]>> [hideif [unique_numbers]^[random_number]]>> [text>> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number]>> [/text]>> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math]>> [/hideif]>> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif]>> [/loop]>> [unique_numbers]>>>> -Dan>> ------------------------------------------->> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com>> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:08:32>> Andrew Simpson >> wrote:>> >whats wrong with :>> >>> >[search>>>>db=/db/54numbersfrom1-54.db&neNUMBERdatarq=[BLANK]&raNUMBERsort=1&NUMBERtyp>e>> >=NUM&max=6]>> > [founditems][number]
[/founditems]>> >[/search]>> >>> >>> >----- Original Message ----->> >From: Dan Strong >> >To: WebCatalog Talk >> >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:46 AM>> >Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION>> >>> >>> >> whoops...>> >> [showif [found]=5][break][/showif]>> >> should say 6, not 5... corrected code below:>> >>>> >> [!] --- Generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and 54 >>--->> >> [/!]>> >> [text show=f]unique_numbers= [/text]>> >> [math show=f]found=0[/math]>> >> [loop start=1&end=20]>> >> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM>> >> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text]>> >> [showif [unique_numbers]! [random_number] ]>> >> [text>> >> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number]>> >> [/text]>> >> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math]>> >> [/showif]>> >> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif]>> >> [/loop]>> >> [unique_numbers]>> >>>> >> -Dan>> >> ------------------------------------------->> >> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com>> >> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656>> >>>> >>>> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------->> >> This message is sent to you because you are >>subscribed>> >>to>> >> the mailing list .>> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to:>> >>>> >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>> >>> >> Web Archive of this list is at:>> >>http://search.smithmicro.com/>> >>> >>> >------------------------------------------------------------->> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>to>> > the mailing list .>> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to:>> >>> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>> >>> >Web Archive of this list is at:>> >http://search.smithmicro.com/>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>to>> the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> Web Archive of this list is at: >>http://search.smithmicro.com/>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>Web Archive of this list is at: >http://search.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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no prob, i'm tougher than a boiled owl. :)On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:26:03 Andrew Simpson wrote:>I wrote similar code to generate a database of 1000 >random 7 character>encryptions seeds.>>The reason i used a database was that i wanted random >alpha-numeric>characters not just numbers which is not 100% what your >doing - sorry.>>Anyway - i'm a bit shorty this morning. sick as a dog and >stuff that was>working has stopped working and theres no apparent reason >and thats about>the fastest way to piss me off. didn't mean to take it >out on you.>>I do want to throw my copy of webcat out the friggin >window however and a>more stable development platform with real code and real >databases is>looking more and more enticing.>>aaarrrrrgggh!>>>----- Original Message ----->From: Dan Strong >To: WebCatalog Talk >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:57 AM>Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION>>>> Andrew,>>>> I don't really want to search a .db that's why I went >>the>> route I did...but I'm sure your code works fine...>>>> Seems I spoke too soon..previous code was showing>> duplicate #s (read: not working as intended) so I >>altered>> the code slightly from before, and it appears to work. >>For>> anyone who's interested here is working code (Andrew >>(and>> any 'grown-ups')can ignore this... ;)>>>> [!] -- Randomly generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and >>54>> -- [/!]>> [text show=f]unique_numbers=[/text]>> [math show=f]found=0[/math]>> [loop start=1&end=20]>> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM>> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text]>> [hideif [unique_numbers]^[random_number]]>> [text>> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number]>> [/text]>> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math]>> [/hideif]>> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif]>> [/loop]>> [unique_numbers]>>>> -Dan>> ------------------------------------------->> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com>> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:08:32>> Andrew Simpson >> wrote:>> >whats wrong with :>> >>> >[search>>>>db=/db/54numbersfrom1-54.db&neNUMBERdatarq=[BLANK]&raNUMBERsort=1&NUMBERtyp>e>> >=NUM&max=6]>> > [founditems][number]
[/founditems]>> >[/search]>> >>> >>> >----- Original Message ----->> >From: Dan Strong >> >To: WebCatalog Talk >> >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:46 AM>> >Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION>> >>> >>> >> whoops...>> >> [showif [found]=5][break][/showif]>> >> should say 6, not 5... corrected code below:>> >>>> >> [!] --- Generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and 54 >>--->> >> [/!]>> >> [text show=f]unique_numbers= [/text]>> >> [math show=f]found=0[/math]>> >> [loop start=1&end=20]>> >> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM>> >> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text]>> >> [showif [unique_numbers]! [random_number] ]>> >> [text>> >> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number]>> >> [/text]>> >> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math]>> >> [/showif]>> >> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif]>> >> [/loop]>> >> [unique_numbers]>> >>>> >> -Dan>> >> ------------------------------------------->> >> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com>> >> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656>> >>>> >>>> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------->> >> This message is sent to you because you are >>subscribed>> >>to>> >> the mailing list .>> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to:>> >>>> >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>> >>> >> Web Archive of this list is at:>> >>http://search.smithmicro.com/>> >>> >>> >------------------------------------------------------------->> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>to>> > the mailing list .>> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to:>> >>> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>> >>> >Web Archive of this list is at:>> >http://search.smithmicro.com/>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>to>> the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> Web Archive of this list is at: >>http://search.smithmicro.com/>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>Web Archive of this list is at: >http://search.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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