item random() (was Random(3) often returns 1)

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Geoff,

Funny, that's exactly what I demonstrated in a previous e-mail,  
earlier to/yesterday. Apparently, there is more than one workaround.  
Maybe a slight pause is all it takes.

Best,

Mark

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Op 9-jun-2006, om 1:35 heeft Geoff Canyon het volgende geschreven:

> I just ran this code
>
> on mouseUp
>   repeat 1000
>     add 1 to x[random(3)]
>   end repeat
>   put sum(x) into y
>   combine x using cr and tab
>   put x & cr & cr & y
> end mouseUp
>
> and got this:
>
> 1	329
> 2	328
> 3	328
>
> 985
>
>
> Note that the three numbers don't add up to 1000, but there are no  
> other numbers. ???
>
> Running it again I get:
>
> 1	339
> 2	335
> 3	338
>
> 1012
>
>
> _More_ than 1000? What the???
>
> Even stranger, making this slight adjustment fixes it:
>
> on mouseUp
>   repeat 1000
>     put random(3) into z
>     add 1 to x[z]
>   end repeat
>   put sum(x) into y
>   combine x using cr and tab
>   put x & cr & cr & y
> end mouseUp
>
> Anyone know what I'm not seeing?
>
> regards,
>
> Geoff
>