"======================================================================
|
|   A source of random integers
|
|   $Revision: 1.7.5$
|   $Date: 2000/05/28 16:56:52$
|   $Author: pb$
|
 ======================================================================"


"======================================================================
|
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| Written by Andy Valencia (uunet!sequent!vandys).
|
| This file is part of GNU Smalltalk.
|
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|
 ======================================================================"

Integer subclass: #RandomInteger
	instanceVariableNames: ''
	classVariableNames: 'Source'
	poolDictionaries: ''
	category: 'Examples-Useful'.
!

RandomInteger comment:
'My instances are random integers'
!

!RandomInteger class methodsFor: 'instance creation'!

new
	^self error: 'Must use between:and:'
!

between: low and: high
	| i range |

	(Source = nil) ifTrue: [ Source := Random new ].
	range := high - low + 1.
	i := (Source next * range) truncated.
	^i + low
! !