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Re: Random number generation

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  • Subject: [mg27907] Re: Random number generation
  • From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 04:31:30 -0500 (EST)
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"Jose Lasso" <jml at accessinter.net> wrote in message
news:99chpl$8df at smc.vnet.net...
> Hi MathGroup:
>
> I suppose this is really easy, but I have little experience with
> Mathematica and I need your help.
>
> Question: How can I generate 300 random numbers (integers), betwenn 0
> and 500, and display the numbers in a table? Thx in advance. Best
> regards

This is almost what you are after -- the range is 0 - 499 inclusive:

Table[Floor[Random[] 500],{i,0,300}]

Did you really want 0 - 500? Most people who ask for this don't really want
501 different values. If you do, simply change the "500" above to "501."

--
Paul Lutus
www.arachnoid.com





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