* By a random number

I was just wondering how you get an equation to be multiplied by a random number..

For example;

Code:

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Sum = 1 * 1 * (RANDOM NUMBER)
Label1.Caption = Sum

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Thanks ^^

What language are you using?

Bill

Sorry, Visual Basics 6.0

It depends on the range you wnat the random number to be.

VB Code:

randomize
Sum = 1 * 1 * rnd
Label1.Caption = Sum

Rnd outputs between 0 and 0.9 look into ways of muliplying that to get ranges of random numbers!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Pino

It depends on the range you wnat the random number to be.

VB Code:

randomize
Sum = 1 * 1 * rnd
Label1.Caption = Sum

Rnd outputs between 0 and 0.9 look into ways of muliplying that to get ranges of random numbers!

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Thanks^^
But..(i'v only used vB for a day or two so far), how do i select the range of numbers?

to select range of numbers:

VB Code:

randomize
Sum = 1 * (rnd * [i]myNum[/i])
Label1.Caption = Sum

if myNum = 10, then sum could range from 0 to 9.99. if you want to generate a whole number, use CInt or Clng before the parenthesis.

VB Code:

randomize
Sum = 1 * CLng(rnd * [i]myNum[/i])
Label1.Caption = Sum

Harsh.

Its not so much Vb now, its more mathmatics....

If rnd outputs 0 - 0.9 and you wnat your range to be 0 to 9 (ie 10 numbers) then you just do this,

sum = int(rnd * 10)

Pino