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From: mheaney@ni.net (Matthew Heaney)
Subject: Re: Random numbers and ADA.
Date: 1997/11/22
Date: 1997-11-22T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mheaney-ya023680002211971314530001@news.ni.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34738DD6.633867D7@wvu.edu


In article <34738DD6.633867D7@wvu.edu>, Ghost <awillia8@wvu.edu> wrote:

>Hi,
>        I'm new to ADA, but I've programmed in a few other languages.  I was
>wondering if ADA has a predefined RANDOM function.  I know Pascal has
>one, and I think C does(never had to use it, oddly enough), but I
>haven't found anything about it in my rather limited ADA resources.
>Does such a function exist, and if it does, which package is it in?

Yes, a random number function exists.

Ada.Numerics.Float_Random
Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random

P.S. Ada isn't an acronym, so you don't need to spell it in all-caps.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~1997-11-22  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-11-19  0:00 Random numbers and ADA Ghost
1997-11-20  0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-11-22  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney [this message]
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