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Re: getting one random number

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  • Subject: [mg65176] Re: getting one random number
  • From: albert <awnl at arcor.de>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:33:37 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <dvas8g$c37$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi Kevin,

> When I exicute the line below, mathematica takes a new random number for
> each element in the list "k[dist]"

... because you said so :-)

> l[dist_] := Map[# < Random[] &, k[dist]]

One of million possibilities would be:

l[dist_] := With[{r=Random[]},Map[# < r &, k[dist]]]

hth,

albert


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