From: Bryan Weatherly <bryan.weatherly.ruby@...>
Date: 2007-01-07T03:41:50+09:00
Subject: Re: HOW-TO produce random numbers within a range?

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On 1/6/07, Ruby N00bie <ralphallan@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I have learnt that rand(100) produces random numbers from 0 to 99 but i
> need to know how to set a minimum for the random number.
>
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance, tckl.
>
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>

Just add the minimum value to whatever number you generate.  For example, if
you wanted to generate a random number between 0 and 99 with a minimum value
of 20:

rand(80) + 20

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