Difference between revisions of "random"

Revision as of 06:42, 26 April 2007

Be careful using random numbers in multiplayer, each client will come up with a different result. See multiplayer tutorials for more general information about locality.
The number returned is unlikely to be a whole number.
To return a whole number use either ceil or floor together with random.

x=floor(random 5) will return 0,1,2,3 or 4. x=ceil(random 5) will return 1,2,3,4 or 5.

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 * Be careful using random numbers in multiplayer, each client will come up with a different result. See multiplayer tutorials for more general information about locality.
-* The number returned is unlikely to be a whole number. To return a whole number combine '''random''' and '''[[floor]]''' e.g. x=floor(random 5) will return either 0,1,2,3 or 4 with equal likelihood.
+* The number returned is unlikely to be a whole number.<br>To return a whole number use either '''[[ceil]]''' or '''[[floor]]''' together with '''random'''.<br>
+ x=floor(random 5) will return 0,1,2,3 or 4.
+ x=ceil(random 5) will return 1,2,3,4 or 5.
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 [[Category:Scripting Commands OFP 1.46|RANDOM]]
 [[Category:Scripting Commands ArmA|RANDOM]]
+[[Category:Command_Group:_Variables|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]