[maxmsp] Re: Random between +/- 128.0??

Quote: Emmanuel Jourdan wrote on Wed, 01 August 2007 17:22
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> On 2 août 07, at 01:13, UCDMSRA wrote:
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> > I think maybe I didn't sleep very well these days so when I need to  
> > create a random number between +128.0 and -128.0, my brain suddenly  
> > stopped and feels like empty.....
> >
> > I know "random" can only make 0+ numbers. I also think of the  
> > possibilities by put "-" after random to make the number below  
> > 0....however, I still want to make "real" random number between  
> > +/-128.0 and it is must be float number, so the result will be  
> > something like "9.5, -4.8, 25.4, 46.7, 53.6, -42,1...."
> 
> random 2570
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> / 10.
> |
> - 128.
> 
> should do it, or something like "expr random(-12800 \, 129000) *  
> 0.001". You could also use "jstrigger (Math.random()*257 - 128)".
> 
> ej
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Awesome..........why can't I think it by that way? really appreciate you guys. 

thanks a lot