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Old Mar 1st, 2008, 9:15 AM   #2
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Re: Patterned returns with Math.random()
You can research this by Googling it. I found a site to start you off.

http://www.particle.kth.se/~lindsey/...aRandNums.html

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Random number generator formulas actually produce a sequence of numbers that eventually repeat. For the same seed value a formula will produce the same sequence. A seed simply selects where in the sequence to start. The generator will eventually repeat that seed value and start the same sequence again.
Search for similar terms, and use of the setSeed function in Java, to learn more.
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