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# Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
#
# This file is part of Octave.
#
# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
# later version.
#
# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
# for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
function picks = texas_lotto ()
# usage: texas_lotto
#
# Pick 6 unique numbers between 1 and 50 that are guaranteed to win
# the Texas Lotto.
#
# See also: rand
if (nargin != 0)
warning ("win_texas_lotto: ignoring extra arguments");
endif
picks = zeros (1,6);
picks (1) = round (50-49*(1-rand));
n = 2;
while (n < 7)
tmp = round (50-49*(1-rand));
equal = 0;
for i = 1:n
if (tmp == picks (i))
equal = 1;
break;
endif
endfor
if (! equal)
picks (n) = tmp;
n++;
endif
endwhile
picks = sort (picks);
endfunction