From: send.email.to.lisch.at.tempest-sw.com@nojunkmail (Ray Lischner)
Subject: Re: ***Random numbers!?!***
Date: 21 May 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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On Fri, 21 May 1999 23:55:45 +1000, "Dr J D Collins"
<jcollins@cia.com.au> wrote:

>> Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> One other translation error:  you should use "Random", not
>> "Random(1)".  The latter always gives 0.
>
>Actually not true. Random(1) and Random are identical as shown by the
>following extract from Delphi help:
>
>The Random function returns a random number within the range 0 <= X <
>Range.
>If Range is not specified, the result is a real-type random number
>within the range 0 <= X < 1."

Duncan is correct. The documentation is poorly written. Change "number"
to "integer" in the first sentence:

If you call Random with one argument, the Range argument must be an
integer, and the Random function returns a random integer in the range
0 <= X < Range.

If you call Random with no arguments, the result is an Extended value in
the range 0 <= X < 1.

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Ray Lischner (http://www.tempest-sw.com/)
author of Delphi in a Nutshell