asterisk users - Oct 2006 - Re: Generate Random Numbers in dialplan

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 12:52:38 -0400, Jon Weisman <jweisman@ibell.net>
wrote:
>         Hi All,   Anyone know how to generate random numbers in the
>         dial plan? I've tried using the RAND function but it doesnt
>         work. Basically I need to generate a random 5 digit number
>         everytime a particular extension is dialed and then save that
>         into a variable. Any ideas?   Thanks, Jon
Jon--

RAND really does work, but in trunk it's documented to use a comma to
sep min and max, which
is wrong. You have to use the vertical bar (|). Try it, it does work:

AEL snippet:

                Set(junky=${RAND(0|99999)});
                Verbose(Here is a random number: ${junky}.);

murf

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Steve,

Is RAND available in the latest trunk or do I need the 1.4 beta?

If I do show function RAND it says its not available.

Thanks,
Jon

----- Original Message ----- 
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Subject: [asterisk-users] Re: Generate Random Numbers in dialplan

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Use the AGI I sent. It looks like the email did not put a <CR>
correctly.

Run it from the commandline and see if you get output.

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> Steve,
> 
> Is RAND available in the latest trunk or do I need the 1.4 beta?
> 
> If I do show function RAND it says its not available.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jon
> 
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