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06-06-13, 12:33 AM   #1
gmarco
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random()

Hi all,

Is possible that the function:

random(1,n)

called with a short delay (let's say 1.5 sec) one from each other will return several time in a row the same value (es y). And this is more visible if "n" is not so much far from 1 so that the numbers to randomize are few.

es. of output I mean (1..4) : 2,2,2,2,2,3

Is possible to add some more entropy to this function or rewrite it in other way (es. scaling the number to something larger ?) to get something like:

1,4,3,3,2,4,1 etc etc ...


Thanks for attention.
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