random()

Randomness is an important concept in coding. It's used all the time, particularly for making games. Bitsbox's random command either generates a random number in a specified range, or randomly picks a value from a given list.

• random(VALUE, VALUE2)

What you get depends on how you call the command.

This program creates a random number between 1 and 200, then draws a bird at that size.

a = random(200) bird = stamp('bird',a)

This program creates a randomly rotated bird.

angle = random(-90,90) bird = stamp('bird') bird.rotate(angle)

This program draws one of three random animals. 

c = random('cow','bear','pig') stamp(c)

This program creates an array of groceries, then picks one of them. 

groceries = [] groceries.push('apples') groceries.push('ice cream') groceries.push('pies') d = random(groceries) text('Remember to get some ' + d,50,500)