I'm entering a new number to make a different seed for my generator each time through the loop, but my resulting numbers are anything but random. Where am I going wrong? Michael ============================= import System.Random import Control.Monad(when) main = do numberString <- getLine when (not $ null numberString) $ do let seed = read numberString let (randNumber, newGen) = randomR (1,6) (mkStdGen seed) :: (Int, StdGen) in putStrLn $ "Number is " ++ show randNumber main ============================= [michael@localhost ~]$ runhaskell zz.hs 12317 Number is 6 12371 Number is 6 37829 Number is 6 8713 Number is 6 71392 Number is 5 29492 Number is 6 41089 Number is 6 28483 Number is 6 78687 Number is 5 40703 Number is 6 86910 Number is 5 15608 Number is 6 56155 Number is 5 31575 Number is 6 72231 Number is 5 51815 Number is 6 20189 Number is 6 71533 Number is 5 17755 Number is 6 91161 Number is 5 [michael@localhost ~]$ |