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**RANDOM(**//low//,//high//**)**

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| **RANDOM** | Returns random integer. |
| //low// | A numeric constant, variable, or expression for the lower boundary of the range. |
| //high// | A numeric constant, variable, or expression for the upper boundary of the range. |

The **RANDOM** procedure returns a random integer between the //low// and //high// values, inclusively. The //low// and //high// parameters may be any numeric expression, but only their integer portion is used for the inclusive range.

**Return Data Type:     **LONG

**Example:**

**Num                BYTE,DIM(49)**

**LottoNbr           BYTE,DIM(6)**

** CODE**

** CLEAR(Num)**

** CLEAR(LottoNbr)**

** LOOP X# = 1 TO 6**

**  LottoNbr[X#] = RANDOM(1,49)    !Pick numbers for Lotto**

**  IF NOT Num[LottoNbr[X#]]**

**   Num[LottoNbr[X#]] = 1**

**  ELSE**

**   X# -= 1**

**  END**

** END**