Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 43049
interpreted = N
texte = Boiled Owl RecipeTake one owl, one house brick and a large pot of water.Boil steadily until the brick softens.Throw away the owl and eat the brick.Enjoy!-- Stuart Tremain idfk web developments - AustraliaOn Monday, 2 September 2002, Dan Strong
wrote: >no prob, i'm tougher than a boiled owl. :) > >On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:26:03 > Andrew Simpson >wrote: >>I wrote similar code to generate a database of 1000 >>random 7 character >>encryptions seeds. >> >>The reason i used a database was that i wanted random >>alpha-numeric >>characters not just numbers which is not 100% what your >>doing - sorry. >> >>Anyway - i'm a bit shorty this morning. sick as a dog and >>stuff that was >>working has stopped working and theres no apparent reason >>and thats about >>the fastest way to piss me off. didn't mean to take it >>out on you. >> >>I do want to throw my copy of webcat out the friggin >>window however and a >>more stable development platform with real code and real >>databases is >>looking more and more enticing. >> >>aaarrrrrgggh! >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Dan Strong >>To: WebCatalog Talk >>Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:57 AM >>Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION >> >> >>> Andrew, >>> >>> I don't really want to search a .db that's why I went >>>the >>> route I did...but I'm sure your code works fine... >>> >>> Seems I spoke too soon..previous code was showing >>> duplicate #s (read: not working as intended) so I >>>altered >>> the code slightly from before, and it appears to work. >>>For >>> anyone who's interested here is working code (Andrew >>>(and >>> any 'grown-ups')can ignore this... ;) >>> >>> [!] -- Randomly generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and >>>54 >>> -- [/!] >>> [text show=f]unique_numbers=[/text] >>> [math show=f]found=0[/math] >>> [loop start=1&end=20] >>> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM >>> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text] >>> [hideif [unique_numbers]^[random_number]] >>> [text >>> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number] >>> [/text] >>> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math] >>> [/hideif] >>> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif] >>> [/loop] >>> [unique_numbers] >>> >>> -Dan >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >>> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:08:32 >>> Andrew Simpson >>> wrote: >>> >whats wrong with : >>> > >>> >[search >>> >>>db=/db/54numbersfrom1-54.db&neNUMBERdatarq=[BLANK]&raNUMBERsort=1&NUMBERtyp >>e >>> >=NUM&max=6] >>> > [founditems][number]
[/founditems] >>> >[/search] >>> > >>> > >>> >----- Original Message ----- >>> >From: Dan Strong >>> >To: WebCatalog Talk >>> >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:46 AM >>> >Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION >>> > >>> > >>> >> whoops... >>> >> [showif [found]=5][break][/showif] >>> >> should say 6, not 5... corrected code below: >>> >> >>> >> [!] --- Generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and 54 >>>--- >>> >> [/!] >>> >> [text show=f]unique_numbers= [/text] >>> >> [math show=f]found=0[/math] >>> >> [loop start=1&end=20] >>> >> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM >>> >> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text] >>> >> [showif [unique_numbers]! [random_number] ] >>> >> [text >>> >> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number] >>> >> [/text] >>> >> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math] >>> >> [/showif] >>> >> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif] >>> >> [/loop] >>> >> [unique_numbers] >>> >> >>> >> -Dan >>> >> ------------------------------------------- >>> >> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >>> >> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> This message is sent to you because you are >>>subscribed >>> >>to >>> >> the mailing list . >>> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> >> >>> >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> > >>> >> Web Archive of this list is at: >>> >>http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> > >>> > >>> >------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>>to >>> > the mailing list . >>> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> > >>> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> > >>> >Web Archive of this list is at: >>> >http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>>to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: >>>http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >>Web Archive of this list is at: >>http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >------------------------------------------- >http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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Boiled Owl RecipeTake one owl, one house brick and a large pot of water.Boil steadily until the brick softens.Throw away the owl and eat the brick.Enjoy!-- Stuart Tremain idfk web developments - AustraliaOn Monday, 2 September 2002, Dan Strong wrote: >no prob, i'm tougher than a boiled owl. :) > >On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:26:03 > Andrew Simpson >wrote: >>I wrote similar code to generate a database of 1000 >>random 7 character >>encryptions seeds. >> >>The reason i used a database was that i wanted random >>alpha-numeric >>characters not just numbers which is not 100% what your >>doing - sorry. >> >>Anyway - i'm a bit shorty this morning. sick as a dog and >>stuff that was >>working has stopped working and theres no apparent reason >>and thats about >>the fastest way to piss me off. didn't mean to take it >>out on you. >> >>I do want to throw my copy of webcat out the friggin >>window however and a >>more stable development platform with real code and real >>databases is >>looking more and more enticing. >> >>aaarrrrrgggh! >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Dan Strong >>To: WebCatalog Talk >>Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:57 AM >>Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION >> >> >>> Andrew, >>> >>> I don't really want to search a .db that's why I went >>>the >>> route I did...but I'm sure your code works fine... >>> >>> Seems I spoke too soon..previous code was showing >>> duplicate #s (read: not working as intended) so I >>>altered >>> the code slightly from before, and it appears to work. >>>For >>> anyone who's interested here is working code (Andrew >>>(and >>> any 'grown-ups')can ignore this... ;) >>> >>> [!] -- Randomly generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and >>>54 >>> -- [/!] >>> [text show=f]unique_numbers=[/text] >>> [math show=f]found=0[/math] >>> [loop start=1&end=20] >>> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM >>> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text] >>> [hideif [unique_numbers]^[random_number]] >>> [text >>> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number] >>> [/text] >>> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math] >>> [/hideif] >>> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif] >>> [/loop] >>> [unique_numbers] >>> >>> -Dan >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >>> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:08:32 >>> Andrew Simpson >>> wrote: >>> >whats wrong with : >>> > >>> >[search >>> >>>db=/db/54numbersfrom1-54.db&neNUMBERdatarq=[BLANK]&raNUMBERsort=1&NUMBERtyp >>e >>> >=NUM&max=6] >>> > [founditems][number]
[/founditems] >>> >[/search] >>> > >>> > >>> >----- Original Message ----- >>> >From: Dan Strong >>> >To: WebCatalog Talk >>> >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:46 AM >>> >Subject: Re: Non-repeating Random Numbers - CORRECTION >>> > >>> > >>> >> whoops... >>> >> [showif [found]=5][break][/showif] >>> >> should say 6, not 5... corrected code below: >>> >> >>> >> [!] --- Generate 6 unique numbers between 1 and 54 >>>--- >>> >> [/!] >>> >> [text show=f]unique_numbers= [/text] >>> >> [math show=f]found=0[/math] >>> >> [loop start=1&end=20] >>> >> [text show=f]random_number=[math]ceil([RANDOM >>> >> format=float]*(54))[/math][/text] >>> >> [showif [unique_numbers]! [random_number] ] >>> >> [text >>> >> show=f]unique_numbers=[unique_numbers][random_number] >>> >> [/text] >>> >> [math show=f]found=[found]+1[/math] >>> >> [/showif] >>> >> [showif [found]=6][break][/showif] >>> >> [/loop] >>> >> [unique_numbers] >>> >> >>> >> -Dan >>> >> ------------------------------------------- >>> >> http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >>> >> (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> This message is sent to you because you are >>>subscribed >>> >>to >>> >> the mailing list . >>> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> >> >>> >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> > >>> >> Web Archive of this list is at: >>> >>http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> > >>> > >>> >------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>>to >>> > the mailing list . >>> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> > >>> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> > >>> >Web Archive of this list is at: >>> >http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >>>to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: >>>http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >>Web Archive of this list is at: >>http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >------------------------------------------- >http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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