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To generate random integers in a given range, use the formula in the following example:</paragraph> 55<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 56<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 57<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151118" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph> 58<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Sub ExampleRandomSelect</paragraph> 59<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph> 60<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">iVar = Int((15 * Rnd) -2)</paragraph> 61<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Select Case iVar</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154097" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Case 1 To 5</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Print "Number from 1 to 5"</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155418" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Case 6, 7, 8</paragraph> 65<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Print "Number from 6 to 8"</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Case Is > 8 And iVar < 11</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Print "Greater than 8"</paragraph> 68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154016" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Case Else</paragraph> 69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155602" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Print "Outside range 1 to 10"</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150328" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">End Select</paragraph> 71<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">end sub</paragraph> 72</body> 73</helpdocument> 74