[Tutor] problem with simple script
Nick Raptis
airscorp at otenet.gr
Wed Jul 28 14:16:05 CEST 2010
On 07/28/2010 02:51 PM, Richard D. Moores wrote:
> I have a practical need for a script that will give me a random int in
> the closed interval [n, m]. Please see
> <http://tutoree7.pastebin.com/xeCjE7bV>.
>
> This works fine when I enter both n and m as, for example, "23, 56",
> or even "56, 23". But often the closed interval is [1, m], so I'd like
> to not have to enter the 1 in those cases, and just enter, say, "37"
> to mean the interval [1, 37]. Highlighted lines 9-11 are my attempt to
> do this, but it fails. This seems like it should be so simple to do,
> but it isn't not for me. Advice, please.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Moores
>
Split the input before the if.
Fork based on the length of the resulting list.
:)
Nick
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