;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #DefineFunction udfItemListRandom (intLow, intHigh, strDelimiter) strItemList = "" intRange = intHigh - intLow intCount = 1 + intRange While ItemCount (strItemList, strDelimiter) < intCount intNum = intLow + Random (intRange) If !ItemLocate (intNum, strItemList, strDelimiter) Then strItemList = ItemInsert (intNum, -1, strItemList, strDelimiter) EndWhile Return strItemList ;.......................................................................................................................................... ; This UDF udfItemListRandom creates an ItemList with (1 + intHigh - intLow) items ; of random value in the range from intLow to intHigh. ;.......................................................................................................................................... #EndFunction ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #DefineFunction udfItemListRandomStep (intLow, intHigh, intStep, strDelimiter) strItemList = "" intCount = (intHigh - intLow) / Max (intStep, 1) While ItemCount (strItemList, strDelimiter) <= intCount intNum = intLow + (intStep * (Random (intCount) mod (1 + intCount))) If !ItemLocate (intNum, strItemList, strDelimiter) Then strItemList = ItemInsert (intNum, -1, strItemList, strDelimiter) EndWhile Return strItemList ;.......................................................................................................................................... ; This UDF udfItemListRandomStep creates an ItemList with (1 + ((intHigh - intLow) / intStep)) items ; of random value in the range from intLow to intHigh in stepwidth of intStep. ;.......................................................................................................................................... #EndFunction ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ; Test. strRandomList1 = udfItemListRandom (1, 6, ",") ; 6 items e. g. "2,5,3,6,1,4" strRandomList2 = udfItemListRandom (3, 11, ",") ; 9 items e. g. "9,8,6,10,11,7,5,3,4" strRandomList3 = udfItemListRandomStep (5, 25, 5, "|") ; 5 items e. g. "5|25|10|20|15" strRandomList4 = udfItemListRandomStep (5, 25, 3, "-") ; 7 items e. g. "5-14-11-20-8-23-17" Exit