Kbase P168692: How to generate a 64-bit random number
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
6/24/2010 |
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Status: Unverified
GOAL:
How to generate a 64-bit random number
GOAL:
Can I use the RANDOM function to generate 64 bit integers?
FACT(s) (Environment):
All Supported Operating Systems
OpenEdge 10.1B
OpenEdge 10.1C
OpenEdge 10.2x
FIX:
The RANDOM function was modified when the INT64 datatype was implemented to allow a high range that includes 64 bit integers.
FIX:
Example of code to demonstrate using RANDOM to generate 64 bit integers:
DEFINE VARIABLE i64 AS INT64 NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE i AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.
i = EXP(2,31) - 1.
REPEAT ON ERROR UNDO, LEAVE:
i64 = RANDOM(i,545435353534534).
DISPLAY STRING(i64,">>>>>>>>>>>9") FORMAT "X(24)".
END.