how to get the value from the array randomly

[David McFarlane]

I will just add that you can find documentation for the random() 
function in the E-Basic Help facility.

-- David McFarlane


At 11/7/2013 10:21 PM Thursday, gorgeous yayuan geng wrote:
>Dear Sihua,
>
>c = random(a(1), a(4)) . I think this code is the reason. You 
>originally want to get a random number from 6,3,7,2,which is in the 
>array a, but your code is to select a value randomly from 6 to 2, 
>which means you get a random value from 2,3,4,5,6. and I wonder if 
>you can successfully complie the code since random function needs 
>the first parameter as min, the second parameter as max.
>so I would recommend that you get a random value from 1,2,3,4 .I'd 
>better give you codes:
>t=random(1,4)
>c=a(t);
>s=random(1,3)
>d=b(s)
>
>
>
>
>2013/11/8 sihua xu <<mailto:xusihua80 at gmail.com>xusihua80 at gmail.com>
>Hello everyone
>
>   I know how to define the array with the help of David and sally, 
> and I get the value randomly according to way that they told me, 
> but actually,  I found the program do not get the value of the 
> array randomly and i do not know the reason.
>I want to achieve the purpose of the following
>  to get one value from each array and decide to end or continue the 
> program by comparing the size of the value from the two arrays. the 
> script example  just as follows
>dim a(1 to 4) as integer
>dim b (1 to 3) as integer
>dim c as integer
>dim d as integer
>dim randompik as integer
>a(1) = 6
>a(2) = 3
>a(3) = 7
>a(4) = 2
>b(1) = 2
>b(2)= 6
>b(3) = 4
>c = random(a(1), a(4))
>d = random(b(1), b(3))
>if c>d then
>  randompik = 1
>else randompik =2
>end if
>
>I would be grateful if anybody could help me to find the reason why 
>it can not achieve my purpose and modify that
>
>
>Sihua Xu

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