Invisible nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/26 05:36:
> OK, so unlike the Euler project, *this* question has some practical use. 
> ;-)
> 
> Anybody have any idea how I can make a program generate random numbers 
> between 30 and 30,000, but so that "most" of the numbers generated are 
> actually in the range 100 - 400?
A possibility: Use the division of some random numbers. The divider must have a 
range starting at 1.
Samples: rand(X)*29970/(rand(X)*Z+1)+30
(rand(X)+rand(X))*14985/(rand(X)*Z+1)+30

Adjusting Z will shift the peak. Low Z for high location, larger Z for lower 
location.

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Alain
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