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by britontn

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Hi All

Can anyone please help me with this nagging old dbase programming language.
I am trying to generate random numbers in dbase III. Does anyone have an idea how?

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by geoff.wass

I don't know if dBASE III had the RAND() function or not. If it does, then you should find it in the on-line help of dBASE III. If not, repost your question in the dBASE news groups. They are free. They can be accessed from this page:

http://www.dbase.com/dBase_NewsGrpForums.asp

There are dBASE programmers in those news groups much more familiar with the DOS versions than me.

You may wish to consider upgrading. The DOS programs have long ago been replaced by object-oriented Windows versions and even dBASE III was not the last of the DOS versions. If you need to stay in DOS but want more functionality, dBASE 5 for DOS supports all the dBASE III commands and give you more (including the RAND function). You should be able to get it cheaply on sites like eBay.

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