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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Randomize Statement [Runtime]</title>
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32<section id="randomize">
33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150616">
34<bookmark_value>Randomize statement</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150616" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080301.xhp" name="Randomize Statement [Runtime]">Randomize Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145090" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Initializes the random-number generator.</paragraph>
38</section>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147573" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Randomize [Number]</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152456" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">
43<emph>Number:</emph> Any integer value that initializes the random-number generator.</paragraph>
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46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example:</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Sub ExampleRandomize</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Dim iVar As Integer, sText As String</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150870" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Dim iSpectral(10) As Integer</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148673" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Randomize 2^14-1</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156423" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">For iCount = 1 To 1000</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">iVar = Int((10 * Rnd) ) REM Range from 0 to 9</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">iSpectral(iVar) = iSpectral(iVar) +1</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153143" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Next iCount</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">sText = " | "</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">For iCount = 0 To 9</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145748" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">sText = sText &amp; iSpectral(iCount) &amp; " | "</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Next iCount</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148617" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">MsgBox sText,0,"Spectral Distribution"</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3152941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">end sub</paragraph>
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