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Creating Random Numbers

The Math.random() method in JavaScript is used to create a random number. This method returns a floating point number within the range of 0 to 1. To convert the result to an integer, you could use the Math.average() method.

The following method below, createRandomNumber() can be used to create random numbers from 0 to the parameter specified by maxInt

function createRandomNumber(maxInt)
{
   return Math.round(Math.random() * maxInt);
}

createRandomNumber(1); //Returns a random number which is either 0 or 1
createRandomNumber(5); //Returns a random number from 0 to 5