# Randomly pick one variable

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/randomly-pick-one-variable/21304>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/randomly-pick-one-variable/21304 "2020-05-26T04:58:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/randomly-pick-one-variable/21304/13 "2020-05-28T22:14:37Z")

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> [@jeremydouglass](#):
>
> (int)random(2)

Try wrapping each one in println() to see what it does. Maybe wrapping that in a for loop to see it multiple times.

```auto
for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
  println(
    (int)random(2)
  );
}

```

`random(x)` returns a random float in the range 0-x. `(int)` casts the float to an integer.

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