Vala.Math.Random – Valacore – Vala Binding Reference

Description:

public class Random : Object

Static utility methods for random values.

Provides convenience generators for primitive random values and helper operations such as in-place shuffle and random choice.

Example:

    var x = Random.nextIntRange (10, 20);
    if (x.isOk ()) {
        int n = x.unwrap ();
    }

Namespace: Vala.Math

Package: Valacore

Content:

Static methods:

public static T choice<T> (T[] array)

Returns a random element from array.

public static bool nextBool ()

Returns a random boolean.

public static double nextDouble ()

Returns a random double in [0.0, 1.0).

public static Result<int,Error> nextInt (int bound)

Returns a random integer in [0, bound).

public static Result<int,Error> nextIntRange (int min, int max)

Returns a random integer in [min, max).

public static void shuffle<T> (T[] array)

Shuffles an array in place.

Creation methods:

public Random ()

Inherited Members:

All known members inherited from class GLib.Object

Random