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function   UTIL_Rand    

Library: omutil - miscellaneous system utilities
Include: omutil.xin
Return type: Integer
Returns:       

A pseudo-random number between 0 and 32767.


Declaration

  define external integer function UTIL_Rand


Purpose

This function returns a pseudo-random number between 0 and 32767 (2^15 - 1).

Example:

  ; In this example, the time is used as a seed to generate a random number. The output shows the random number
  ; UTIL_Srand is a function that needs to be called to generate the seed for UTIL_Rand.

  include "c:\progra~1\omnimark\xin\omutil.xin"
  process

     local integer seed initial {0}
     local integer RandomNumber initial {0}

     set seed to UTIL_GetMilliSecondTimer
     UTIL_Srand(seed)   ; sets the seed

     set RandomNumber to UTIL_Rand
     output "Random Number =" || "d" % RandomNumber

    Related Syntax
   UTIL_Srand
   UTIL_ExpRand
 
  Other Library Functions
   UTIL_Env
   UTIL_ExpRand
   UTIL_GetEnv
   UTIL_GetMilliSecondTimer
   UTIL_GetProcessId
   UTIL_IsVersionCompatible
   UTIL_LibraryVersion
   UTIL_Rand
   UTIL_Sleep
   UTIL_Srand
   UTIL_UniformRand
 
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