[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /homework default_homework.lcpm lonhomework.pm

[albertel]

albertel		Wed Nov 13 18:05:46 2002 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /loncom/homework	lonhomework.pm default_homework.lcpm 
  Log:
  - better distribution of random numbers
  
  
Index: loncom/homework/lonhomework.pm
diff -u loncom/homework/lonhomework.pm:1.101 loncom/homework/lonhomework.pm:1.102
--- loncom/homework/lonhomework.pm:1.101	Tue Nov 12 00:05:26 2002
+++ loncom/homework/lonhomework.pm	Wed Nov 13 18:05:46 2002
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # The LON-CAPA Homework handler
 #
-# $Id: lonhomework.pm,v 1.101 2002/11/12 05:05:26 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonhomework.pm,v 1.102 2002/11/13 23:05:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -332,13 +332,12 @@
     my %overall;
     my %allparts;
     my $rndseed=$ENV{'form.rndseed'};
-    srand($rndseed);
     &analyze_header($request);
-    for(my $i;$i<$ENV{'form.numtoanalyze'};$i++) {
+    for(my $i=1;$i<$ENV{'form.numtoanalyze'}+1;$i++) {
 	my $subresult=&Apache::lonnet::ssi($request->uri,
 					   ('grade_target' => 'analyze'),
-					   ('rndseed' => rand));
-	#&Apache::lonxml::debug(":$subresult:");
+					   ('rndseed' => $i));
+	&Apache::lonxml::debug(":$subresult:");
 	(my $garbage,$subresult)=split(/_HASH_REF__/,$subresult,2);
 	my %analyze=&Apache::lonnet::str2hash($subresult);
 	&Apache::lonhomework::showhash(%analyze);
Index: loncom/homework/default_homework.lcpm
diff -u loncom/homework/default_homework.lcpm:1.53 loncom/homework/default_homework.lcpm:1.54
--- loncom/homework/default_homework.lcpm:1.53	Thu Sep 26 17:54:00 2002
+++ loncom/homework/default_homework.lcpm	Wed Nov 13 18:05:46 2002
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # used by lonxml::xmlparse() as input variable $safeinit to Apache::run::run()
 #
-# $Id: default_homework.lcpm,v 1.53 2002/09/26 21:54:00 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: default_homework.lcpm,v 1.54 2002/11/13 23:05:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@
 sub random {
   my ($start,$end,$step)=@_;
   if ( ! $hidden::RANDOMINIT ) {
-    &random_set_seed_from_phrase($external::randomseed);
+    &random_set_seed(1,$external::randomseed);
+    &math_random_uniform();
     $hidden::RANDOMINIT=1;
   }
   if (!defined($step)) { $step=1; }