# Can random(5) output the number 5?

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**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-random-5-output-the-number-5/29241 "2021-04-09T08:20:29Z")
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#### Post date: [April 9, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-random-5-output-the-number-5/29241/7 "2021-04-09T09:26:02Z")

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Why not use java `nextInt?`  
eg

```auto
import java.util.Random;

void setup() {
  Random rand = new Random();
  for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    println(rand.nextInt(6));
  }
}

```

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