Getting a *more* random value

[Ulf Wiger (AL/EAB)]

Random has a hard-coded default seed. That's 
why you get the same series for each run.

Calling e.g.

{I1,I2,I3} = erlang:now(),
random:seed(I1,I2,I3).

would give you a new series each time.

BR,
Ulf W 

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: den 29 mars 2006 01:41
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> Subject: Getting a *more* random value
> 
> Hello.
> I have an application where new processes are launched which 
> calculate one random number between 0 and 512 and then do 
> something with that number and terminate.
> I am currently using random:uniform(513) - 1 but that gives 
> me the same random value for all the processes for each run 
> of the application. I see that consecutive calls would get 
> other numbers but I only need one.
> How am I supposed to get a number that is not the same on 
> every process ?
> Thank you.
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