[REBOL] Re: silly, but what's wrong?
From: larry:ecotope at: 30-Jul-2001 18:05
Hi Tom
In most languages RANDOM is by default seeded with a dynamic value derived
from the system clock. In REBOL, RANDOM is by default set with a seed of 1.
So the sequence of values returned by RANDOM is always the same (i.e., the
first use of RANDOM with a given argument always produces the same value).
>> random 100
== 95
>> random 100
== 52
>> random/seed 1
>> random 100
== 95
So the first value returned for random 100 is always 95 and the second is
always 52. Setting the seed back to one starts the sequence over.
If you want RANDOM to produce a different sequence of values every time the
code runs, you need to initialize the seed with a dynamic value like the
system time.
>> random/seed now
>> random 100
== 71
>> random/seed now
>> random 100
== 3
HTH
-Larry