Riddle

[TheOutkastDev]

Riddle

I wrote a my own random number generator in C#. When I ran it, it produced the same number multiple times and did not produce another number before I stopped testing it. It does not have a specifiable range. It simply produces a random number between 1 and the maximum value an integer can hold, somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 billion.

Is my random number generator broken?

 

[Muggz]

...

no!!!!!

you just have it set to pick a random number between X and Y and X = Y so you get the same number every time!

what do i win?

 

[X-calibur420]

A bite in the ass from his pet

 

[TheOutkastDev]

no!!!!!

you just have it set to pick a random number between X and Y and X = Y so you get the same number every time!

what do i win?

Nope. The random generator does not have a specifiable range. I've edited the original post to clarify this.

 

[xeres01]

are you using a variable within the generator that isn't being reset on each use.

ie
if x isnull then
-=random number generator code here=-
set x = random number
return x

since x has been set, this code wouldn't overwrite the variable...hence returning the same number everytime

 

[TheOutkastDev]

are you using a variable within the generator that isn't being reset on each use.

ie
if x isnull then
-=random number generator code here=-
set x = random number
return x

since x has been set, this code wouldn't overwrite the variable...hence returning the same number everytime

Nope. The random number generator simply picks a number between 1 and 4 billion, and spits it out. There's no variable trickery in it.

 

[DragMZ]

No it isn't broken. You're just lucky as hell

 

[jacin]

maybe its not broken, maybe you just keep getting the same ramdom number. its possible.

 

[jacin]

ha, funny

 

[DragMZ]

Give us the code! =]

 

[TheOutkastDev]

No it isn't broken. You're just lucky as hell

How do you know it isn't broken though? If I keep getting the same number, the odds the next number is the same decreases exponentially. Surely I'd get a different number.

 

[DragMZ]

Try to '[unset godmode' then roll again and/or remove your uber luck suit.. i don't know for sure.

lol

 

[Rhun-demise]

Is this really a riddle.. or do you need help ?? If it's a riddle I haven't an answer, if you need help give me the code and I'll help you

 

[Amnesia-demise]

I was wondering the same thing too... I was all "Oh yeah a riddle" lets get my thinking cap... but nooooo all i get is coded # scripting stuff that makes no sense.

 

[TheOutkastDev]

Its a riddle. No code involved here.

 

[[Drakull]]

Did you initiated the ramdom numbers generator before trying to obtain the numbers? what's the delay between each try?

 

[kajcake-demise]

Did you initiated the ramdom numbers generator before trying to obtain the numbers? what's the delay between each try?

C# aien't my main language, but in c,c++ u do need todo as Drakull says

just read the current system time, and use it at seed value. then do the random () % max+1

so yes it's broken

 

[TheOutkastDev]

There's no code involved. Its simply a theoretical question.

I have a random number generator giving me the same number, is it broken?

 

[jacin]

no. its never 0 chance of getting any number (even the same one over and over again.). just like flipping coin, 1 of two outcomes each time doesnt mean you wont get heads everytime.

 

[InevitableFate]

There's no code involved. Its simply a theoretical question.

I have a random number generator giving me the same number, is it broken?

No.