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[[Category:Functions]]
== Description ==

FUNCTION: {{function|rand}}(''num'')

FUNCTION: rand(''lower'', ''upper'')

In the first form, rand() returns an integer between 0 and ''num''-1, inclusively.  In the second form, rand() returns an integer between ''lower'' and ''upper'', inclusively. Each integer within the range is equally likely to be returned by rand() -- a flat distribution.

Related Topics: [[die()]], [[lrand()]], [[pickrand()]], [[shuffle()]].

== Examples ==
:> say rand(10)
:You say "6"
:> say rand(10)
:You say "1"
:> say rand(-1,2)
:You say "0"



(--[[User:Soylent|Soylent]] 01:46, 3 December 2005 (EST))