<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!-- for emacs: -*- coding: utf-8 -*- --> <!-- Apache may like this line in the file .htaccess: AddCharset utf-8 .html --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0 plus SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg-flat.dtd" > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> <head><title>random -- get a random element</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../Macaulay2/Style/doc.css"/> </head> <body> <table class="buttons"> <tr> <td><div><a href="_random_lp__List_rp.html">next</a> | <a href="_radical.html">previous</a> | <a href="_random_lp__List_rp.html">forward</a> | <a href="_radical.html">backward</a> | up | <a href="index.html">top</a> | <a href="master.html">index</a> | <a href="toc.html">toc</a> | <a href="http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Macaulay2/">Macaulay2 web site</a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <div><h1>random -- get a random element</h1> <div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2> <ul><li><div class="single"><a href="_using_spfunctions_spwith_spoptional_spinputs.html">Optional inputs</a>:<ul><li><span><a href="_random_lp__Module_cm__Module_rp.html">Density => ...</a>, -- make a random module map</span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html">Height => ...</a>, -- random element of a type</span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__Module_cm__Module_rp.html">MaximalRank => ...</a>, -- make a random module map</span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__Module_cm__Module_rp.html">UpperTriangular => ...</a>, -- make a random module map</span></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="single"><h2>Description</h2> <div>This function can be used to get random elements of various sorts.</div> </div> <div class="single"><h2>See also</h2> <ul><li><span><a href="_set__Random__Seed.html" title="set starting point for random number generator">setRandomSeed</a> -- set starting point for random number generator</span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>random</tt> :</h2> <ul><li><span><a href="_random_lp__List_rp.html" title="shuffle a list randomly">random(List)</a> -- shuffle a list randomly</span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__Module_cm__Module_rp.html" title="make a random module map">random(Module,Module)</a> -- make a random module map</span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__R__R_rp.html" title="random real number">random(RR)</a> -- random real number</span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__R__R_cm__R__R_rp.html" title="random real number">random(RR,RR)</a> -- random real number</span></li> <li><span>random(GaloisField), see <span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></span></li> <li><span>random(List,Ring), see <span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></span></li> <li><span>random(QuotientRing), see <span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></span></li> <li><span>random(RingFamily), see <span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></li> <li><span>random(ZZ,Ring), see <span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__Z__Z_rp.html" title="random integer">random(ZZ)</a> -- random integer</span></li> <li><span><a href="_random_lp__Z__Z_cm__Z__Z_rp.html" title="random integer in a range">random(ZZ,ZZ)</a> -- random integer in a range</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body> </html>