On 10/30/06, James Edward Gray II <james / grayproductions.net> wrote: > On Oct 29, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Robert Conn wrote: > > > # Decide whether to go forward or back 5 mins > > if rand(2) == 1 > > @display = @actual + (5 * 60) > > else > > @display = @actual - (5 * 60) > > end > > > You could shorten that up a bit, though I'm not sure this is as > readable: > > @display = @actual.send(%w[+ -][rand(2)], 5 * 60) I usually do something like @display = @actual + (5*60)*(1 - rand(2)*2) martin