Comments on: RPGLE AS400

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The Most-Watched IT Questions: February 6, 2012 - ITKE Community Blog — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:01:24 +0000

[...] Need help creating a 6 digit non repeating random number for RPGLE AS400? CharlieBrown, TomLiotta, Philpl1jb will have the answers for [...]

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:05:24 +0000

It seems as if you should have the ability to do this with the code that has been provided.
Phil

By: 9783444184

9783444184 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:53:51 +0000

hi Tom
thanks,
i want to generate 6 digits non repeating and duplicate number.
do<6
123456 (if this is my generated no. )
next generated no. like as
987654
next
741235
next ………

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:01:51 +0000

Further, your third rule seemed to contradict that rules against duplication:

3-input number and generated number if equal then successful. like (123456=123456)

To me, that makes it seem as if your goal ("successful") is to generate a 'duplicate' number. That rule doesn't seem to fit with any of the rest of the whole thread. Tom

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:47:14 +0000

but some time program gives duplicate number.. Earlier, you listed three rules. The first two rules were like this:

1-user input digits can’t be duplicate...
2-generated number can’t be duplicate...

If you are writing about "duplicate" numbers now, you need to tell which of those two rules is being violated. Tom

By: 9783444184

9783444184 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:37:25 +0000

sorry all,
actually i am tried another stuff that why i posted wrong question.
i have got little bit solution from TomLiotta but some time program gives duplicate number..

By: 421

421 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:57 +0000

thanks

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:05 +0000

So far, we”ve wasted effort and time on this thread because you provide statements that are not clear.

I don’t understand what you’re doing or want to do with indcators.
Phil

By: 9783444184

9783444184 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:10:12 +0000

one more thing is there i have indicator in every input field and i am checking through loop for two or more fields are same now how to find both indicator if two fields are same.
example
1 2 2 3 5 6 and indicators are 20 21 22 23 25 26

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:23:32 +0000

seed of zero — wasn’t that the latest problem?

That’s what I can’t determine. Is it that each new set-of-6 is the same as the previous set-of-6? Or is it that digit 1-of-6 is a duplicate of digit 3-of-6 or 5-of-6 or whichever?

That is, is the 6-digit number 135497 generated the first time and also the second time? Oops! “Duplicated” sequence. That could be a seed problem.

Or is it that digits are like 1-3-5-3-5-1? Oops! No good. “Duplicated” digits!

Tom