random specific numbers?
POM
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hey is there a way to make a change attribute behavior to a random number from a specific list?
like-
change attribute ZZZ to random of 2,5,9,35,67
and not just min and max
could not figure it out hope you can help me..
like-
change attribute ZZZ to random of 2,5,9,35,67
and not just min and max
could not figure it out hope you can help me..
Comments
change attribute Z to random(1,5)
if Z=1 then change attribute ZZZ to 2
...
if Z=5 then change attribute ZZZ to 67
This would suck if your list of numbers is really long, but otherwise it would work!
it's such a simple task yet we can't do it..
Maybe the GS guys will add this option in a later version
ie...
set an attribute to tempRandomValue (tRV)
then changeAttribute tRV to random(1,3)...this splits the 30 numbers in thirds
then have 3 rule branches (1 for each result)
when tRV = 1
then tRV= random(1,5)...this splits the 10 numbers (of the third set into fifths)
when tRV = 1
then trV= random(1,2)...this splits the fifths in half.
when tRV= 1
.......ZZZ = 2 otherwise ZZZ = 5 (this assigns the first 2 values of the 30)
repeat each branch and sub-branch of the tree.
It is tedious...but it works! Plus its efficient as it only take 4 processing steps to get the sequence number vs...30 rule checks for the random number assignment.
In open coding...you can do this as a function or an array or whatever...but in GS...you have to use rules.