Re: random predicate function

[Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@eku.edu>]

Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name> writes:

> Tyler Smith wrote:
>
>> 		 (lambda (tmp1 tmp2) (if (eq (mod (random) 2) 0)
>> 					 t
>> 				       nil))))))
>
> I'm by no means an expert, but you should perhaps first once call
>   (random t)
> Have a look at
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp/html_node/Random-Numbers.html

Thanks, Gary. I found that after I sent the first message. I've added in
a call to (random t). I still get some 'non-random' looking sorts. It's
hard to be sure, I'll have to run some sort of systematic check to see
if the results are consistent over large numbers of calls.

Cheers,

Tyler