https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Rand/m-p/903810#M357110 <P>Hi all!</P> <P>Please I need explanation on rand function as it applies to SAS Base Certification, what to expect and stuff like that.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks.</P> Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:47:02 GMT PrinceAde 2023-11-19T16:47:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Rand/m-p/903810#M357110 <P>Hi all!</P> <P>Please I need explanation on rand function as it applies to SAS Base Certification, what to expect and stuff like that.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks.</P> Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:47:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Rand/m-p/903810#M357110 PrinceAde 2023-11-19T16:47:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Rand/m-p/903829#M357119 <P>A good place to start is&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2011/08/24/how-to-generate-random-numbers-in-sas.html" target="_self">How to generate random numbers in SAS</A></P> <P><A href="https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2011/08/31/random-number-streams-in-sas-how-do-they-work.html" target="_self">Random number streams in SAS: How do they work?</A></P> <P>Some older materials might discuss the RANUNI and RANNOR functions, but those functions are deprecated and no longer recommended. See <A href="https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2013/07/10/stop-using-ranuni.html" target="_self">"Six reasons you should stop using the RANUNI function to generate random numbers."</A></P> Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:54:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Rand/m-p/903829#M357119 Rick_SAS 2023-11-19T23:54:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Rand/m-p/903830#M357120 <P><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/13684">@Rick_SAS</a>&nbsp;Thank you very much sir.</P> <P>Very helpful.</P> Mon, 20 Nov 2023 02:56:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Rand/m-p/903830#M357120 PrinceAde 2023-11-20T02:56:53Z