BIS fnc randomNum: Difference between revisions

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Description:: Returns a random (float) number between the two passed numbers. The order of parameters doesn't matter: it can be [min, max] or [max, min].
Execution:: call
Groups:: Math

Example 1:: [1, 3] call BIS_fnc_randomNum; // return a number between 1 and 3, including 1

See also:: BIS_fnc_randomInt BIS_fnc_arithmeticMean BIS_fnc_geometricMean BIS_fnc_nearestNum BIS_fnc_sortNum BIS_fnc_roundNum

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 |gr1= Math
-|descr= Returns a random (float) number between the two passed numbers (inclusive). The order of parameters doesn't matter: it can be {{ic|[min, max]}} or {{ic|[max, min]}}.
+|descr= Returns a random (float) number between the two passed numbers. The order of parameters doesn't matter: it can be {{hl|[min, max]}} or {{hl|[max, min]}}.
-|s1=[min, max] call [[BIS_fnc_randomNum]]
+|s1= [min, max] call [[BIS_fnc_randomNum]]
-|p1= min: [[Number]] - minimum value, included
+|p1= min: [[Number]] - minimum value, inclusive
-|p2= max: [[Number]] - maximum value, included
+|p2= max: [[Number]] - maximum value, exclusive
 |r1= [[Number]]
-|x1= <code>[1,3] [[call]] [[BIS_fnc_randomNum]]; {{codecomment|// can be 1, 3 or any value in-between}}</code>
+|x1= <sqf>[1, 3] call BIS_fnc_randomNum; // return a number between 1 and 3, including 1</sqf>
-|seealso= [[BIS_fnc_randomInt]] [[BIS_fnc_arithmeticMean]] [[BIS_fnc_geometricMean]] [[BIS_fnc_nearestNum]] [[BIS_fnc_sortNum]], [[BIS_fnc_roundNum]]
+|seealso= [[BIS_fnc_randomInt]] [[BIS_fnc_arithmeticMean]] [[BIS_fnc_geometricMean]] [[BIS_fnc_nearestNum]] [[BIS_fnc_sortNum]] [[BIS_fnc_roundNum]]
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