Re: Random number generation

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>]

On 07/13/2010 05:45 AM, tonyg wrote:
> I want to generate a random integer and a random floating point number
> between 10 and 30 . I've been looking at previous posts and finding it
> a little confusing with many packages, has anyone an already done
> example in ada 2005 they can post up?

The random integer is pretty easy to do with an appropriate [sub]type and 
Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random. The random floating-point is a bit more difficult, 
and there's always the question of whether 30.0 must be a possible value. You 
can have a look at Random_Range in PragmARC.Universal_Random:

http://pragmada.x10hosting.com/pragmarc.htm

which excludes the maximum value from the returned values.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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