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Repairing the Microsoft BASIC RND function

1988; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3758/bf03203835

1532-5970

Daniel S. Lordahl,

Spreadsheets and End-User Computing

Difficulties with the Microsoft BASIC function for generating random numbers (RND) are cited and new problems reported. Fixes are suggested that allow use of some of the speed of the original function and that produce greatly improved pseudorandom numbers. A published generator is combined with the RND function as a compromise solution.