Generate a random number

[RayKnight]

If I want to generate a random number between a certain number, what might
possibly be the formulae?

Example if I were to make a game, and the minimum damage is 10 and the
maximum is 35. So what might possibly be the formulae to generate a random
number between 10 to 35?

Any help or link is appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Peter MacMillan]

If I want to generate a random number between a certain number, what might
possibly be the formulae?

Example if I were to make a game, and the minimum damage is 10 and the
maximum is 35. So what might possibly be the formulae to generate a random
number between 10 to 35?

Any help or link is appreciated. Thank you.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Random.html

int num = (new Random()).nextInt(35 - 10) + 10;

(note that it's probably better to store the Random object in a variable
somewhere for reuse... possible an instance variable, but that's a
design choice I leave to you)

 

[Peter MacMillan]

RayKnight wrote:


int num = (new Random()).nextInt(35 - 10) + 10;

just a note that nextInt excludes the upper-bound. So if you wanted to
include 35 as a possible result, you'd have to add 1 to it.

ie.
/* ... */.nextInt(max + 1 - min) + min;