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- Thread starter slasticar
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kennethkawamoto
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Code:
on generate10randomNumFrom40
list40 = []
repeat with i = 1 to 40
list40.append(i)
end repeat
n = 40
repeat while n > 1
m = random(n)
tN = list40[n]
tM = list40[m]
list40[n] = tM
list40[m] = tN
n = n - 1
end repeat
list10 = []
repeat with i = 1 to 10
list10[i] = list40[i]
end repeat
return list10
end generate10randomNumFrom40put generate10randomNumFrom40()
-- [29, 9, 32, 2, 1, 5, 23, 31, 21, 35]
put generate10randomNumFrom40()
-- [24, 28, 40, 21, 35, 20, 30, 11, 33, 18]
Kenneth Kawamoto
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kennethkawamoto
Technical User
The code above is to obtain 10 random numbers from 1 - 40. I don't know how you structure your database, but say you have 40 questions in a List; you can use the 10 random numbers as index to pick up 10 random questions.
Kenneth Kawamoto
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