Provided by: num-utils_0.5-11_all bug

NAME
       numrandom - 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.


SEE ALSO
       numaverage(1), numbound(1), numinterval(1), numnormalize(1), numgrep(1), numprocess(1),
       numsum(1), numrange(1), numround(1)


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/