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Subject: svn commit: r1802524 - /jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:43:51 -0000
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Author: fschumacher
Date: Thu Jul 20 18:43:51 2017
New Revision: 1802524

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1802524&view=rev
Log:
Add a note about the usage of variables in 'Random Variable'. Bugzilla Id: 61318

Modified:
    jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml

Modified: jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml?rev=1802524&r1=1802523&r2=1802524&view=diff
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--- jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml (original)
+++ jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml Thu Jul 20 18:43:51 2017
@@ -4256,6 +4256,8 @@ The number is calculated using the formu
 This means that <code>maximum-minimum</code> - i.e. the range - must be less than <code>2147483647</code>,
 however the <code>minimum</code> and <code>maximum</code> values can be any <code>long</code> values so long as the range is OK.
 </p>
+<note>As the random value is evaluated at the start of each iteration, it is probably not a good idea
+to use a variable other than a property as a value for the minimum or maximum. It would be zero on the first iteration.</note>
 </description>
 
 <properties>