1. Programming

How to generate a random integer with specific range(for example, from 1 to 1000)? Also, how to convert a floating point number into a integer? (2 Replies)

2. Programming

I use standard C random number generation logic in my application. long nCounter; long lRndNo; char rand; srand48(nCounter); lRndNo = lrand48(); sprintf(rand,"%010.10d",lRndNo); However we always find that the rand generated starts with '0','1' or '2'. I could not logically prove if... (1 Reply)

3. Programming

Hi...How can I generate random numbers between a given range ...preferably between 1 and 100...in UNIX C programming...? I tried out functions like rand(),drand48() etc but didnt get satisfactory results... Thanks a lot in advance.......... (1 Reply)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

HI please help me in solving this issue. I have a shell script which consists of ten statemnts ( i mean 10 executable statments)...........and if i run that script the 10 statmenst will execute continously ............ But now my probelm is i have to write another script --> to... (0 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

How do I create a random number between 1 and 10 in kornshell? (2 Replies)

6. Programming

Im new to C, and Im having a hard time getting a random number. In bash, I would do something similar to the following to get a random number; #!/bin/bash seed1=$RANDOM seed2=$RANDOM seed3=$RANDOM SEED=`expr $seed1 * $seed2 / $seed3` echo ${SEED%.*} Now, in online examples... (4 Replies)

7. Programming

I saw this formula to generate random number between two specified values in shell script.the following. $(((RANDOM%(max-min+divisibleBy))/divisibleBy*divisibleBy+min)) Give a example in book. Generate random number between 6 and 30.like this. $(((RANDOM%30/3+1)*3)) But I have a... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello folks, i have number for example 10 and i want to divide into 4 random pieces that may be (6+2+1+1). How can i do this via script i have random number 234951 and i want to divide into 31 pieces. (6 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I'm trying to create a script that will print random numbers with length of three. Below is the expected out. 928-377-899 942-458-310 951-948-511 962-681-415 995-161-708 997-997-209 thanks (4 Replies)

10. Programming

How can I choose randomly the row numbers of my file in awk? (4 Replies)