Re: getting one random number
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- Subject: [mg65182] Re: [mg65154] getting one random number
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:13:26 -0500 (EST)
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l[dist_] := Module[{r = Random[]}, Map[# < r &, k[dist]]];
Bob Hanlon
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> From: "Kevin Coffey" <kmc2104 at columbia.edu>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg65182] [mg65154] getting one random number
>
> Greetings:
>
> I am a fairly new user and I have come across this problem twice. The last
> time I just worked my way around it, but this time I can't.
>
> When I exicute the line below, mathematica takes a new random number
for
> each element in the list "k[dist]"
> l[dist_] := Map[# < Random[] &, k[dist]]
>
> I would like mathematica to take one random number and then use the
same
> random number for evaluating every element in the list. Also, I want the
> random number to be different each time I use the function.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kevin
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