From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 27.11.2023 08:11, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   > Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
   >>   
   >> That would only mean, that all CMD startet in the same second   
   >> will have the same random number sequence. But a cmd startet   
   >> a few seconds later should start with a completely different   
   >> value. So as a work around, always discard the first %random%   
   >> value.   
      
      
   > LINE: rem  get a pseudo random number in case random.org is offline   
   > LINE: if not defined target set target=invalid   
   > LINE: for /f "delims=0123456789 " %%a in ("%target%.") do (   
   > LINE:  if not "%%a"=="." (   
   > LINE:   echo random.org is offline. using pseudo random   
   > LINE:   set /a target = %random% * total / 32768 + 1   
      
   Then you have the same problem: the first %random% isn't   
   random. So better insert a "dummy=%random% at the start of   
   the batch.   
      
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