Re: Random number generator

On 23 Aug 2006 07:59:21 -0700, "djeanne" <djeanne75@xxxxxxxxx>
enlightened us:

Hi all,

I am looking for a way to generate random numbers with good quality.
The system the generator should be working on is an MVS system.

Does anyone have a clue of how to do it ?

Thanks in advance,

Djeanne.

In your Cobol manual look up Function Random (x).

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