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Re: Needing a Random List of Non-repeating Values whose

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  • From: Tomas Garza <tgarza10 at msn.com>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:22:08 -0500 (EST)
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Good, but it is not new in v9. It dates back to v6 (cf. Help browser).
-Tomas

Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:13:21 -0600
From: brtubb090530 at cox.net
To: tgarza10 at msn.com
Subject: [mg129524] Re: Needing a Random List of Non-repeating Values whose Range and Length


 
   
 
 
    On 1/18/2013 2:41 PM, Tomas Garza
      wrote:

   
   
     
     
        Have you
          tried RandomSample?
       

         
        -Tomas
         

         

          > From: brtubb090530 at cox.net

            > Subject: Needing a Random List of
            Non-repeating Values whose Range and Length

            > To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net

            > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:54:13 -0500

            >

            > Consider the following:

            >

            > ril[range_Integer]:= RandomInteger[{1,range},range]

            >

            > This function is almost what I want; but I need one
            which doesn't include any repeated values. This is intended
            for use, for example, for a card deck, or dice, etc.

            >

         
       
     
   
    Thanks. Yes that new v9 function is the solution I needed.  It has
    since been pointed out to me by several others :>)

   

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