Generating a random number

Hey Guys,

Wondering if someone can help me on this:

In my code i try to generagte a random number and store it as a variable like this:

rannum=MathRand();
Print ("A: ", rannum);

<I then have lots of other code >

Later on i try to print that exact same number in another print statement...
Print ("B: ", rannum);

Results:
A= 1485
B= 2084

The problem is, I get 2 different random numbers. How can i generate the first number store it into a variable and then use it again later without regenerating it?

For some reason the second number is being displayed in a diff tick run (remember your entire EA runs every tick) - check your code branches

thanks, im not sure how this can be, but say that is the case... the variable rannum is declaried at the very top, so it should be global... but anyways how could i keep that number from the first tick pass?

rannum is merely a variable. Provided that it's declared (int rannum; ) globally, its value should remain intact until it's assigned another value, whether via a MathRand() statement, or by any other assignment (e.g. rannum = 1000).