Re: mt_rand question

Mike wrote:
On Nov 19, 10:24 am, Mike <ampel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
Why does this always give me 9 or 10 digits? never less?
$key = mt_rand(0,9999999999);
Thanks,
Mike


Maybe because > 95% of the numbers generated are between 100,000,000 and 2,147,483,647 (signed int max)? In a test, I do occasionally get 8 digit numbers (PHP 5.2.6).

Also,
I tried :
$key = mt_rand(1111111111,9999999999);
and still come up with 9 digits sometimes.

I tried this, and with over 100 iterations I never got a 9 digit number. But I also admit that's not a definitive test.

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