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Re: Re: simple question about random

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• Subject: [mg58992] Re: [mg58960] Re: simple question about random
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 04:02:06 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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For 6 random numbers, not much difference.  But for many, "inefficient" 
hardly does justice to the dramatic performance difference:

    Timing[Table[Random[], {100000}];]
{0.016 Second, Null}

    Timing[rand = {};
    Do[rand = Prepend[rand, Random[]], {100000}];]
{69.984 Second, Null}

ggroup at sarj.ca wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Why wouldn't a Do/For loop work?  The following seem to work just fine,
> even if they are somewhat bulky and inefficient.
> 
> rand={};
> Do[rand=Prepend[rand,Random[]],{6}];
> 
> rand1={};
> For[i=1,i=6,i++,rand1=Prepend[rand1,Random[]]];
> 
> I personally would use Table or RandomArray, but...
> 
> 

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