[open-cobol-list] How to use RANDOM function.

[John Culleton]

I want to have a certain number randomly chosen every time a certain 
program runs.

 I have this in WORKING-STORAGE:
        77  RANDUM PICTURE S9V9(10).
I have this statement:
COMPUTE RANDUM = FUNCTION RANDOM(0).
Every time I run the program the value of RANDUM is the same. If I 
change the seed then I get a different number but that is repetitious 
also. If I leave off the seed it acts as if the seed was zero.
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John Culleton, Wexford Press