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PICKING THE LOTTO NUMBERS

Language : Matlab 2007a Authors : Autar Kaw Last Revised : November 10, 2008 Abstract: This program chooses randomly m unique numbers to play the lotto. Lotto numbers allowed are positive integers from xlow to xhigh

clc
clear all
disp('This program chooses randomly m unique numbers to play')
disp('the lotto.  Lotto numbers allowed are positive integers from')
disp('xlow to xhigh')
disp('  ')

This program chooses randomly m unique numbers to play
the lotto.  Lotto numbers allowed are positive integers from
xlow to xhigh
  

INPUTS

xlow= lowest integer allowed

xlow=1;
% xhigh = highest integer allowed
xhigh=53;
% number of integers to be picked
m=6;
disp ('INPUTS')
fprintf('Lowest integer allowed=%g',xlow)
fprintf('\nHighest integer allowed=%g',xhigh)
fprintf('\nNumbers to be picked=%g',m)
disp(' ')
% Using the random number generator rand to get the lotto numbers.
% rand generates numbers between 0 and 1.  So we multiply that by xhigh-xlow+1
% and shift it by xlow and then floor it to get the integer part.

INPUTS
Lowest integer allowed=1
Highest integer allowed=53
Numbers to be picked=6 

SOLUTION

i=1;
while (i<=m)
    lottonum(i)=floor(xlow+rand*(xhigh-xlow+1));
    % flag= variable that keeps track of previous numbers
    % being same or different from the number picked
    flag=0;
    for j=1:i-1
        if (lottonum(i)==lottonum(j))
            flag=1;
        end
    end
    if flag==0
        i=i+1;
    end
end

OUTPUT

disp(' ')
disp('OUTPUT')
disp('The lotto numbers picked are')
fprintf('%g ',lottonum)
disp ('  ')

 
OUTPUT
The lotto numbers picked are
28 47 10 52 15 14   

Published with MATLAB® 7.3