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Random Number Generator

Came across at work today a section of code.

public Long generateNumber(Long in, String start) {

	java.util.Random generator = new Random();

	int r = in.intValue();

	while ( r <= in) {

		r = generator.nextInt(in.intValue());

		while (r > 1300)

		    r = r/132;

	}

	// Long l = 0L;

	return Long.valueOf(r);

}

Now, there are a lot of approaches to generating random numbers. In fact, it's sort of one of the more difficult questions in computer science (true random vs. pseudorandom). If I were to venture a guess, I'd say that this is not one of them.