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[JASS] Does GetRandomInt accept zero?
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I have no idea how randomization works with computers... the last question I had was why getting a random 'real' number didn't cause the game to crash... logically, I pictured real numbers to have infinite decimal places...
All of the randomization triggers in blizzard.j start with 1 and not 0, so I thought they had a reason for that
All of the randomization triggers in blizzard.j start with 1 and not 0, so I thought they had a reason for that
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I have no idea how randomization works with computers... the last question I had was why getting a random 'real' number didn't cause the game to crash... logically, I pictured real numbers to have infinite decimal places...
All of the randomization triggers in blizzard.j start with 1 and not 0, so I thought they had a reason for that
you're getting a real number while using GetRandomInt??
if not,
reals can have infinite decimal places but why would they cause a crash, and if they would then I think the makers of warcraft won't even put the action GetRandomReal()...
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All of the randomization triggers in blizzard.j start with 1 and not 0, so I thought they had a reason for that
Probably because most functions in blizzard.j, including those that use arrays, are 1-based.
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Reals are 32 bit floating points I believe. Thus they only have a finite accuracy and so can not crash. Basically a floating point is an approximation of a number, meaning it actually is not exact.
0.1 for example could become 0.100025 so it is truncated for accuracy.
I seriously doubt WC3 uses IEEE complient floating points as speed is more important than precision thus accuracy probably is only a 32 bit float so 4294967296 different numbers capable of being represented. I could be wrong.
Larger numbers lose accuracy in the decimal places, thus how the spread is provided.
0.1 for example could become 0.100025 so it is truncated for accuracy.
I seriously doubt WC3 uses IEEE complient floating points as speed is more important than precision thus accuracy probably is only a 32 bit float so 4294967296 different numbers capable of being represented. I could be wrong.
Larger numbers lose accuracy in the decimal places, thus how the spread is provided.
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