AppleScript: The Definitive Guide

Name

random number — generate random number

Description

Generates a random number. This can be a real between 0 and 1, exclusive; or it can be an integer between two non-negative integers, inclusive. You can seed the generator to get it started; this is useful for generating a fixed pseudo-random sequence.

Example

random number
set L to {}
repeat 10 times
        if (random number 1) as boolean then
                set end of L to "heads"
        else
                set end of L to "tails"
        end if
end repeat
L -- {"heads", "tails", "heads", "heads", "heads",
         "tails", "heads", "heads", "heads", "heads"}