RandFloat: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:18, 26 June 2014

	This function is deprecated. This means that its use is discouraged and that it might not exist in future versions.
	Please use math.random instead.

This function generates a random number between 0 and 1.

float randFloat ()

Returns a random number between 0 and 1 in a float.

This example outputs a random number in the chat box.

outputChatBox ( "Random float: " .. randFloat () )

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 __NOTOC__
-==Description==
+{{Server function}}
-This function returns a random float between 0 and 1. This can act as a random on/off switch for something.
+{{Deprecated|math.random}}
+This function generates a random number between 0 and 1.
 ==Syntax==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">randFloat ()</syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">float randFloat ()</syntaxhighlight>
-===Required Arguments===
-''None.''
+===Returns===
+Returns a random number between 0 and 1 in a float.
 ==Example==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">outputChatBox ( "Random float: ", randFloat () )</syntaxhighlight>
+This example outputs a random number in the chat box.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">outputChatBox ( "Random float: " .. randFloat () )</syntaxhighlight>
 ==See Also==
 {{Utility functions}}