On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:26:06 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
... > $RANDOM gives a random number. It has a relatively large range, I think > 0-32K maybe even larger. ... > Examples: > echo $((RANDOM % 6 + 1)) # Rolls a "normal" die[1]. ... > [1] But not a fair one. If the $RANDOM function is completely random, so > that over the "long tail" all values show up with the same frequency, the > die will be slightly biased low. Do you mean that it will be biased low since the range (presumably) doesn't end on a number of the form 6n-1, or something else? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
