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Brad Collins <brad@studiojungle.net> writes:

>  When I evaluated (random t)
>
>    I got 80264346
>
>  But I need to get a single digit between 0-9 so I used (random 9)

I think you have a file which contains a function which invokes
random, right?

(defun brad-foo-func ()
  ...code which invokes (random 9)...)

My suggestion was to call (random t) *once*:

(random t)
(defun brad-foo-func ()
  ...code which invokes (random 9) ...)

I apologize if this was already clear, and if you tried it, and it
failed.  But I'm getting the impression you were trying something
else.

Kai