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Random Number

Richard Corso
in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)

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I am trying to set a field to pull a random number each time a record is created. I have a field named "Dice" with a calculation

"1" - "100" * Random

And a field named "randam_number" with the calculation

Middle (Dice; Position (Dice; "-"; 1; 1) + 1; Position (Dice; "."; 1; 1)-2)

At first this seams to work just fine. I get numbers like 59, 18, 89 or 7. Buy every once in a wile I get a blank field. Any ideas.

Well,

"1" - "100" * Random

returns a number between 0 and -98.9̅9̅9̅9̅9̅

Then, your calculation returns blank whenever Dice is between 0 and -.9̅9̅9̅9̅9̅ and also when Dice is an integer - roughly, in 1% of the cases.

Why not use simply:

Int ( Random * 99 ) + 1

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That worked great, thank you.

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