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		__mark on April 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A common bug in published code Oh, so it always rounds down to zero, that's pretty bad. Casting it to a double would help right?

Thasc on April 22, 2011 | [–]

Instead of

int runs = (int) Math.random() * 1000000;

You'd do

int runs = (int) (Math.random() * 1000000);

Confusion on April 22, 2011 | [–]

That would be pointless, because Math.round already returns a double.

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