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Re: algorythm

• Posted by stabmaster_ at hotmail.com Apr 10, 2003
• 545 views

This should do the trick:

function unique_sequence(integer num_entries,sequence range)
	sequence s
	integer n

	s = {}

	for i=1 to num_entries do
		while 1 do
			n = rand(range[2]+1-range[1])+range[1]-1
			if not find(n,s) then
				s &= n
				exit
			end if
		end while
	end for
	return s
end function


? unique_sequence(5,{1,20})

-- END OF CODE

Note that it *does* have the possibility of ending up in an eternal loop, 
but the odds of that ever happening is close to zip (unless to do something 
stupid like unique_sequence(2,{1,1}) )


>hi anyone,
>
>is there an algorythm to determine sequences of 5 numbers in a given range 
>(ex. 1 - 20) where each couple of numbers is used only once ?
>jos hermans