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<div><h1>random(ZZ,ZZ) -- random integer in a range</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>random(min,max)</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_random.html" title="get a random element">random</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>min</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>max</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span>, a random integer in the range <tt>min .. max</tt></span></li>
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<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>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : for i to 10 list random(100,200)
o1 = {139, 193, 164, 124, 117, 103, 114, 125, 189, 161, 102}
o1 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : tally apply(100, i -> random(10,15))
o2 = Tally{10 => 17}
11 => 16
12 => 16
13 => 15
14 => 19
15 => 17
o2 : Tally</pre>
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<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>
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