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From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
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Subject: Re: random() : What am I doing wrong?
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On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:48:27 -0400 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, DJ Delorie
<dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>
>> What about if I want to generate numbers in the range of 1 through 50? 
>> How do I specify my range?
>
>Take the result and "% 50".

(x % 49) + 1; % => 0..49; + => 1..50

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