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Re: Re: simple question about random

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  • Subject: [mg58956] Re: [mg58945] Re: simple question about random
  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:12:11 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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The iterator i and initial value 1 in Table[Random[],{i,1,6}] are 
superfluous.  (But you would want an iterator if the iteration were to 
go, say, from 2 to 6, or from 0 to 5.)

Heath Gerhardt wrote:
> Mazuego wrote:
> 
>>Hi all... The built-in function "Random" gives a random number in a chosen
>>range. How can I have, for example, 6 random numbers with a single
>>instruction? Thank you very much for your answers, and forgive me for the
>>simple question, but I'm new in Mathematica...
>>
> 
> 
> Table[Random[],{i,1,6}]
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