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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: what's wrong with random
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see@messagebody.com (Jan) writes:

>       ValidChars : String :=
> "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
>                          &"0123456789!�$%&()=@+-;_#";
>       subtype Int_Slice is Integer range ValidChars'Range;
>       package My_Random is new Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random
> (Int_Slice);
>  
>    function Generate_FileName (Length : positive) return String is
>       G : My_Random.Generator;
>       I : Int_Slice;
>       Result : String(1..Length);
>    begin
>       My_Random.Reset(G);
> 
>       for X in 1..Length
>       loop
>          I := My_Random.Random(G);
>          Result(X) := Mnozina(I);
>       end loop;
>       return Result;
>    end Generate_FileName;

I think you want the generator to be global to Generate_FileName.
Otherwise, it will be reinitialized each time Generate_FileName
is called.

- Bob