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October 1997, Week 3

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Re: Random employee selection
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Johnson Stephen <[log in to unmask]>
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Johnson Stephen <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:20:40 -0400
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We used to re-calculate everyone's 'check-digit' and select those ending
in a particular number avoiding dups from last year if need be.



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>From:  Jesus Valdes[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday, October 21, 1997 11:39AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       [HP3000-L] Random employee selection
>
>Gentle listers:
>       I'm writing a COBOL program that will select a random sample of
>employees. Does anyone know of a random number generator function that
>will allow me to pick employees using employee id and date of birth? The
>selection should change from year to year.
>       Thanks in advance for your help.
>

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