[TF] Rand()

[naked at iki.fi (N. Kotivuori)]

Drake Wilson wrote:
> Quoth James West <ja...@ze...>, on Sun 09 Feb 2003:
>> I'm trying to assign the result of rand() to a variable and failing
>> horribly, I assumed that:
>> 
>> /def getrandom = /let var1=rand(0,9)%;/echo %(var1}
> 
> This sets var1 to the string "rand(0,9)".  To evaluate it as an
> expression, you need to put $[...] around it, like so:
> 
> /def getrandom =/let var1=$[rand(0,9)]%;/echo %{var1}

Ofcourse,

  /def getrandom = /result rand(0,9)

Might be a little easier.

-- Naked