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Question: Is there a better way to generate a random integer than SilkTest's RandInt() function?

Answer: Most programming languages provide random number based on what is called a pseudo-random sequence. This provides the appearance of random selection via a list that is seeded automatically by the system or by a command by the programmer. Either way it is still a randomized repeating list.
I don't know what to tell you except that you could try to reseed the generator after some number of iterations. the number of iterations could be randomized to vary the reseed interval. The seed could be based on a number representing the number of seconds (in integer form) since some fixed point in the past. This process probably would not repeat but sequences of integers could repeat unless the pseudo-random sequence is itself randomized by the seed instead of just the starting point within the sequence. I don't know the answer to that one. Otherwise your best hope might be a dll designed to provide a random number.

Most programming languages provide random number based on what is called a pseudo-random sequence. This provides the appearance of random selection via a list that is seeded automatically by the system or by a command by the programmer. Either way it is still a randomized repeating list.
I don't know what to tell you except that you could try to reseed the generator after some number of iterations. the number of iterations could be randomized to vary the reseed interval. The seed could be based on a number representing the number of seconds (in integer form) since some fixed point in the past. This process probably would not repeat but sequences of integers could repeat unless the pseudo-random sequence is itself randomized by the seed instead of just the starting point within the sequence. I don't know the answer to that one. Otherwise your best hope might be a dll designed to provide a random number. Source: CoolInterview.com

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