Re: Using rand() for 10 digit numbers????
| From: | Scott Fletcher | Date: | Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:28:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Using rand() for 10 digit numbers???? | ||
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Could be....
"Robert Cummings" <robert@wocmud.org> wrote in message
news:1062780933.7427.17.camel@blobule.suds...
> It probably wraps the standard C rand() function which only takes an
> unsigned integer which is usually 16 bits.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
>
> On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 12:34, Scott Fletcher wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I looked at the rand() at php.net which spoke about min and max
random
> > number. So, I use rand(0,9999999999) to get a 10 digit random number
but it
> > only return an 1 digit random number that is displayed at '0'. So, I
tried
> > rand(0,9999) with 4 digit random number and got the random number. So,
why
> > does it not work with 10 digit numbers?
> >
> > Scott F.
> >
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