RPGspRandom Function
Generates and returns a string of random digits.
Syntax
RPGspRandom(number of digits)
| Part | Description |
| number of digits | Optional. Numeric value specifying the length of the generated string. If omitted, 16 digits are returned. |
Remarks
This function can be useful for assigning random id's. It can also be used to pass random data to a URL to prevent caching.
A call to RPGspRandom will return something like '8563690071399766'.
RPGspRandom(3) will return something like '162'.
Example
Here is a snippet of HTML that uses RPGspRandom to prevent caching of the page:
| <A href="dsp_opn.pgm?Rnd=<% RPGspRandom %>"> Display Open Orders </A> |
Another way to accomplish this is to use RPGspSetHeader('Cache-Control: no-cache').
See
Also
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