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"Life is like a box of chocolate: You never know what you're gonna get."

It is not the exact memorable quote from the Forrest Gump film, rather simply a form of it which I’ve memorized. Moreover, being excited about the package with three blue letters on it I’ve just received, it’s also the one I find the most appropriate for the series of articles I intend to write.

What’s the topic this time? Randomness in MDX.

Having thought about it for a while, I’ve recognized three variants of it: random values, random members and random objects. Each a story by itself. Therefore, I’ve decided to cover them separately, starting with chocolate flavors representing, well, you’ve guessed it by now - random values.

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