Re: can this code be improved

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:15:51 +0100, Patricia Shanahan <pats@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Why not run Fisher-Yates for 6 iterations, and then pick up the
first 6 elements of the array?

OK, but if you are going to generate 6 random numbers between 1 and 49 in order to decide which elements to swap, why not just use those random numbers as your selected lottery numbers?

Dan.

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