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29 Jul 2024 22:25:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: rand help  
From: ingo
Date: 3 Dec 2000 15:49:47
Message: <Xns8FFFD53E8seed7@povray.org>
Laurence M. Salme wrote:

>I need help understanding how to use rand and seed. I figure a random of
>.75 to 1.0

#declare Stream=seed(7) //intialise a stream for generating a random 
number
#declare Rnd=rand(Stream) //generates a random number between 0 & 1

#macro Rmm(Min,Max,Stream) //generates random number between min & max
   (Min+((Max-Min)*rand(Stream)))
#end

#declare N=Rmm(0.75,1,Stream)//generates a random number between 0.75 & 1


look for rand under "float functions" in the doc.

Ingo

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