From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-04-23T23:20:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Random numbers

>>>>> "S" == Sergey Kravchenko <crux57005@tut.by> writes:

S> I know it's old, :) but can anyone tell me how to get random numbers in
S> Ruby, I would be most grateful for a really nice piece of code. 

pigeon% ruby -e '4.times { p rand }'
0.5453656249
0.5369974664
0.9211747023
0.5819860747
pigeon% 
 

pigeon% ruby -e '4.times { p rand(12) }'
2
3
3
7
pigeon% 

 You have #srand to initialize the generator.


Guy Decoux