# Problem with random
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/problem-with-random/1541
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/problem-with-random/1541 "2018-07-06T08:01:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@vajo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/vajo)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/problem-with-random/1541/1 "2018-07-06T08:01:25Z")
Hey i want to create a Game in Processing and i need a random command wich Pics a random Numbers of 1 to 5 …
If i use the normal random Code then IT could happened that a number bigger than 5 …
I need a special command please send me the command thanks
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### Author:  [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/problem-with-random/1541/2 "2018-07-06T09:12:50Z")
```auto
(int) random(1,6);
```
should do it. ~~Although there used to be a bug in Processing that you’d occasionally get 6 there, due to use of `float` over `double`. This might now be fixed.~~
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### Author:  [@MxFxM](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MxFxM)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/problem-with-random/1541/3 "2018-07-06T09:24:03Z")
Now that I see that with 6, might this work:
```auto
floor(random(1, 5.99));
```
?
Just wondering…
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### Author:  [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/problem-with-random/1541/4 "2018-07-06T09:34:16Z")
The conversion to `int` will already floor it. Looks like the bug I mentioned was fixed some time ago anyway - [https://github.com/processing/processing/blob/master/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java#L5110](https://github.com/processing/processing/blob/master/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java#L5110)