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evamariav	evamariav posted 7 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 5	Dear Inquisit-users, I was wondering if anyone could help me with changing an expression. The expression as it is right now: t2_var = (round(rand(2values.t2_bmax, 2values.t2_tmax))/2) So what it does right now is randomly selecting a value within a range of changing bottom and top limits. By multiplying the limits with 2 and then dividing the amount by 2 it allows the value to be one within the range with increments of 0.5 However, I want the increments to be 5 and I am trying to figure out how to fix this. I figure it should be some sort of combination between the random selection of a value between those limits ((rand(values.t2_bmax, values.t2_tmax)) and the requirement that it must be one of these values: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 (the limits are never lower than 0 and never higher than 100, that's why these are the only possible values). Could someone help me with this? Thanks a lot in advance, Eva
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Dave	Dave posted 7 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 104K	+x evamariav - Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Dear Inquisit-users, I was wondering if anyone could help me with changing an expression. The expression as it is right now: t2_var = (round(rand(2values.t2_bmax, 2values.t2_tmax))/2) So what it does right now is randomly selecting a value within a range of changing bottom and top limits. By multiplying the limits with 2 and then dividing the amount by 2 it allows the value to be one within the range with increments of 0.5 However, I want the increments to be 5 and I am trying to figure out how to fix this. I figure it should be some sort of combination between the random selection of a value between those limits ((rand(values.t2_bmax, values.t2_tmax)) and the requirement that it must be one of these values: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 (the limits are never lower than 0 and never higher than 100, that's why these are the only possible values). Could someone help me with this? Thanks a lot in advance, Eva Why not select a random value (integer) between 1 and 19 and multiply by 5? 1 * 5 = 5, 2 * 5 = 10, 3 * 5 = 15, ... 19 * 5 = 95. I.e. assuming values.t2_bmax and values.t2_tmax also can only take on values in increments of 5, t2_var = (round(rand(values.t2_bmax/5, values.t2_tmax/5))*5) Edited 7 Years Ago by Dave
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evamariav	evamariav posted 7 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 5	+x Dave - Thursday, April 20, 2017 +x evamariav - Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Dear Inquisit-users, I was wondering if anyone could help me with changing an expression. The expression as it is right now: t2_var = (round(rand(2values.t2_bmax, 2values.t2_tmax))/2) So what it does right now is randomly selecting a value within a range of changing bottom and top limits. By multiplying the limits with 2 and then dividing the amount by 2 it allows the value to be one within the range with increments of 0.5 However, I want the increments to be 5 and I am trying to figure out how to fix this. I figure it should be some sort of combination between the random selection of a value between those limits ((rand(values.t2_bmax, values.t2_tmax)) and the requirement that it must be one of these values: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 (the limits are never lower than 0 and never higher than 100, that's why these are the only possible values). Could someone help me with this? Thanks a lot in advance, Eva Why not select a random value (integer) between 1 and 19 and multiply by 5? 1 * 5 = 5, 2 * 5 = 10, 3 * 5 = 15, ... 19 * 5 = 95. I.e. assuming values.t2_bmax and values.t2_tmax also can only take on values in increments of 5, t2_var = (round(rand(values.t2_bmax/5, values.t2_tmax/5))*5) Thanks a lot! I already figured it out with a colleague of mine, but it is good to have our solution confirmed ;)
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