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RE: Random Number Gen

Subject: RE: Random Number Gen
From: "Jarno Elovirta" <jarno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:00:55 +0300
java random number gen
Hip hei!

> How do yuo generate a random number. most algs require integers 
> and modulo 
> arithmetic - everything is a double in xslt>

With an extension, e.g. in Xalan-J you could do

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java"
                exclude-result-prefixes="java">

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:variable name="max" select="10" />
  <xsl:variable name="min" select="4" />
  <xsl:variable name="R" select="java:java.util.Random.new()" />
  <xsl:value-of select="($max -$min) * java:nextDouble($R) + $min" />
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

and if you want an integer, just use the round() function.

Hope this helps,

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