From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-12-08T05:51:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Newer to Ruby

On Dec 7, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Kwhamec Rojas wrote:

> Hi.  I am new to Ruby and new to programming altogether, but I am  
> really
> trying to learn as fast as I can.
>
> So here's my problem: I need to be able to generate a random nine  
> digit
> number.  The first number cannot be 9,8 or 7.
>
> I am using Watir to test a site, but I will need to randomly generate
> this number or the test will be rejected.  Thank you very much for
> whatever help you can give me.

See if this gives you some ideas:

 >> digits = [rand(7)] + Array.new(8) { rand(10) }
=> [5, 6, 1, 2, 5, 4, 7, 1, 1]

James Edward Gray II