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6840 :: Why does Random give the same value every time?

• nhuman (orginal) [2020-09-19T20:19:20+02:00] view original

  Why does Random give the same value every time? I thought it was by luck, but seems like random(x..x) gives the same value every time... how do I fix it?

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• Yardanico (orginal) [2020-09-19T20:22:10+02:00] view original

  That's because you didn't call randomize() :)

  If you check the first example in https://nim-lang.org/docs/random.html , it says:

  # Call randomize() once to initialize the default random number generator
  # If this is not called, the same results will occur every time these
  # examples are run
  randomize()
  Run

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• nhuman (orginal) [2020-09-19T20:24:31+02:00] view original

  oh forgot that!

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• Recruit_main707 (orginal) [2020-09-19T20:24:38+02:00] view original

  From the random module docs:

  import random
  
  # Call randomize() once to initialize the default random number generator
  # If this is not called, the same results will occur every time these
  # examples are run
  randomize()
  Run

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• nhuman (orginal) [2020-09-19T20:34:33+02:00] view original

  thanks anyway!

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