random ZZ -- random integer

random ZZ -- random integer

Synopsis:

Function: random -- get a random element

Input:

an instance of class ZZ.

Output:

an instance of class ZZ.

random n -- yields a random integer in the range 0 .. n-1.

Warning: doesn't correctly handle the case when n an integer is larger than 2^31-1.

i1 : tally apply(100, i -> random 10)



o1 = Tally{0 => 11}

           1 => 13

           2 => 8

           3 => 11

           4 => 11

           5 => 7

           6 => 15

           7 => 8

           8 => 8

           9 => 8



o1 : Tally

See also:

setRandomSeed -- set starting point for random number generator

Code:

     -- ../../../Macaulay2/m2/integers.m2:68-70
     random ZZ := ZZ => x -> (
          if x <= 0 then error "expected a positive number";
          randomint() % x)