On Dec 23, 3:10 pm, Jason <jawo...@berkeley.edu> wrote: > For the time-being, you could try something like: > > user> (def *random* (java.util.Random.)) > #'user/*random* > > user> (defn my-rand-int [max-val] > (let [bit-length (.bitLength (BigInteger. (str max-val)))] > (loop [] > (let [x (BigInteger. bit-length *random*)] > (if (< x max-val) > x > (recur)))))) > #'user/my-rand-int
BigInteger has a constructor that takes a byte[] array, so you could just give it an array of randomly generated bytes. I'll work on some code to do that. mfh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
