Random(3) often returns 1

[Rob Cozens]

Hi Tom,

> I have two games that sort a container (three lines, one line is the 
> answer) by random the number of lines. The "answer" should be in any 
> one of the three resulting lines, but is overwhelmingly in the first
>
> any thoughts?
>

The smaller the root of a random number, the greater (a) the odds that 
the random numbers generated will be duplicates and (b) the number of 
iterations needed to produce output distributed evenly along a 
bell-curve.

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company

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Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

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