Random Numbers and a thought

[Mel Wilson]

In article <107m8qvphrjd303 at corp.supernews.com>, "A Evans" <ae> wrote:
>Basically I would like to create an application that takes a series of
>random numbers generated by a computer and searches for the pattern inside
>those numbers [ ... ]
>I guess if the numbers were between say 1 and 1000 it would take 1000 inputs
>to understand the pattern if not more I would like to solve it before that

   The canonical reference is Donald E. Knuth, _The Art of
Computer Programming_, vol.II "Seminumerical Algorithms",
probably from page 38.  If you have the time and
inclination, it should be fun, at least at the start.

        Good Luck.      Mel.