(C Series?) Guessing Game 1-4

[Dieter]

(04-27-2018 08:49 PM)SamE Wrote:  Actually, I failed to realize until you told me that that it calculated between zero and four. And I'm not sure if there's a way to just calculate a number between one and four from the RAN# function, I'm working with the knowledge I have.

If there is a way to calculate a number between 0 and 9 there also is a way to calculate one between 0 and 4. Or 1 and 4, for that matter. ;-)

(1) RAN# returns a random number between 0 and 0,9999...
(2) Multiply this by 4 and you get something between 0 and 3,9999...
(3) Take the integer part and get an integer between 0 and 3.
(4) Add 1 and get the desired result between 1 and 4.

So it's

Code:

RAN#
4
x
INT
1
+

Note: There is a tiny problem due to numeric limiations that may cause step (2) to return 4 instead of 3,9999..., but let's forget about this here – the chance for this to happen is 1 : 10 000 000 000.

Dieter