I would like to get a random value between 1 to 50 in Java.
How may I do that with the help of Math.random();
?
How do I bound the values that Math.random()
returns?
Random num = new Random(); Now, in a loop, use the nextInt() method since it is used to get the next random integer value. You can also set a range, like for 0 to 20, write it as. nextInt( 20 );
In order to generate Random double type numbers in Java, we use the nextDouble() method of the java. util. Random class. This returns the next random double value between 0.0 (inclusive) and 1.0 (exclusive) from the random generator sequence.
The first solution is to use the java.util.Random
class:
import java.util.Random;
Random rand = new Random();
// Obtain a number between [0 - 49].
int n = rand.nextInt(50);
// Add 1 to the result to get a number from the required range
// (i.e., [1 - 50]).
n += 1;
Another solution is using Math.random()
:
double random = Math.random() * 49 + 1;
or
int random = (int)(Math.random() * 50 + 1);
int max = 50;
int min = 1;
double random = Math.random() * 49 + 1;
or
int random = (int )(Math.random() * 50 + 1);
This will give you value from 1 to 50 in case of int or 1.0 (inclusive) to 50.0 (exclusive) in case of double
Why?
random() method returns a random number between 0.0 and 0.9..., you multiply it by 50, so upper limit becomes 0.0 to 49.999... when you add 1, it becomes 1.0 to 50.999..., now when you truncate to int, you get 1 to 50. (thanks to @rup in comments). leepoint's awesome write-up on both the approaches.
Random rand = new Random();
int value = rand.nextInt(50);
This will give value from 0 to 49.
For 1 to 50: rand.nextInt((max - min) + 1) + min;
Source of some Java Random awesomeness.
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