numrandom(1) Print out a random number.

SYNOPSIS

numrandom [-dhV] /[expression]/

DESCRIPTION

numrandom will print out a random number determined by the expression that you give. The syntax and program is nearly identical to the numrange program, except that numrandom picks a number at random from the range expression. If no expression is specified, numrandom will print out a random integer between 1 and 100. Ranges are inclusive.

OPTIONS

    -h  Help: You're looking at it.
    -V  Increase verbosity.
    -d  Debug mode.  For developers

EXAMPLES

   Random number from 1 to 10.
    $ numrandom /1..10/
    7
   From 1 to 10 or from 15 to 20.
    $ numrandom /1..10,15..20/
    16
   An even number from 0 to 10
    $ numrandom /0..10i2/
    4
   An odd number. Notice the starting number in the range.
    $ numrandom /1..10i2/
    9
   A factor of 3 between 99 and 120.
    $ numrandom /99..120i3/
    111
   A decimal number.
    $ numrandom /1.1..2.5i0.1/
    1.8
   A negative random number.
    $ numrandom /0.0..-2.0i0.3/
    -0.8

BUGS

numrandom is slow when dealing with large ranges to randomly find a number from. This is because it creates a list of all potential numbers before picking one. So it can be memory intensive for large ranges.

COPYRIGHT

numrandom is part of the num-utils package, which is copyrighted by Suso Banderas and released under the GPL license. Please read the COPYING and LICENSE files that came with the num-utils package

  Developers can read the GOALS file and contact me about providing
submitions or help for the project.

MORE INFO

More info on numrandom can be found at:
http://suso.suso.org/programs/num-utils/