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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rnd Function [Runtime]</title>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148685" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080302.xhp" name="Rnd Function [Runtime]">Rnd Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns a random number between 0 and 1.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Double</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Expression:</emph> Any numeric expression.</paragraph>
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<emph>Omitted:</emph> Returns the next random number in the sequence.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">The <emph>Rnd</emph> function only returns values ranging from 0 to 1. To generate random integers in a given range, use the formula in the following example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151118" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iVar = Int((15 * Rnd) -2)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Select Case iVar</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case 1 To 5</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Print "Number from 1 to 5"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case 6, 7, 8</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23"> Print "Number from 6 to 8"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case Is > 8 And iVar < 11</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25"> Print "Greater than 8"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case Else</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3155602" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27"> Print "Outside range 1 to 10"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> End Select</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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