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than or equal to zero and less than one. If RN D's argument (a) is
positive, a new random number will be generated each time
RND is executed.
RND can also be used
with a negative argument. The same
random number will be returned when RND is executed with
the same negative value for a.
If the same negative argument is repeated followed by RND
statements
with positive arguments, the same series of random
numbers will be generated. This is illustrated in the following
example.
Example
100 PRINT RND (-1)
200 PRINT RND (3)
300 PRINT RND (.22)
400 PRINT RND (.33)
500 PRINT RND (-1)
600 PRINT RND (.99)
700 PRINT RND (2.7)
800 PRINT RND (.77)
]RUN [Ret]
2.991~6472E-08
.738107502
.272707136
.299733446
2. 99196472E-08
.738207502
.272707136
.299733446
In
Applesoft BASIC, if a= 0, RND will return the most recently
generated random number.
In Integer BASIC, RND returns a random integer with a value
greater than
or equal to zero but less than a.