On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Karlin High <karlinh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/12/2018 1:17 PM, Freeman Gilmore wrote:
>
>> I am using Frescobaldi and studying the Scheme Book.    When I compile,
>>
>> mylist = #( list 'red  random 12 )
>> #(display mylist)
>>
>
> If this is an exercise to demonstrate random numbers, I wonder if it needs
> more parentheses.
>
> % CODE
> \version "2.19.80"
> mylist = #(list 'red (random 12))
> #(display mylist)
> % END CODE
>
> If I run it that way in Frescobaldi, it always returns: (red 3)
>
> If I use lilypond scheme-sandbox, I get things like this:
>
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 3)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 4)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 1)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 5)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 6)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 7)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 4)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 10)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 2)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 2)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 1)
> guile> (list 'red (random 12))
> (red 9)
>
> ACCOUNTING TROLL: This is our random number generator... nine nine nine
> nine nine
> DILBERT: That doesn't sound random to me.
> ACCOUNTING TROLL: That's the trouble with random numbers. You never can
> tell.
> --
> ​'​
>
> Karlin High
> Missouri, USA
>

​You are running "random", I am not​.
Thanks you, ƒg
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