No random command in Oracle PL/SQL ???????

Question

Hi,
Is there command for random in PL/SQL ?
Thxs
Monica
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Answer 1

The following is an example of using dbms_random, simulating dice rolling.
declare
i integer;
s varchar2(200);
t varchar2(200);
begin
dbms_random.initialize(13);
--dbms_random.seed(13);
for i in 1..33 loop
s:=dbms_random.random;
s:=substr(s, length(s)-1, length(s)) mod 6 + 1;
t:=dbms_random.random;
t:=substr(t, length(t)-1, length(t)) mod 6 + 1;
if s>t then
dbms_output.put_line(s| |', '| |t);
else
dbms_output.put_line(t| |', '| |s);
end if;
end loop;
dbms_random.terminate;
end;
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