Generate random number between two numbers in JavaScript

Question

Is there a way to generate a random number in a specified range with JavaScript ?

For example: a specified range from 1 to 6 were the random number could be either 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

Answer 1

Important

The following code works only if the minimum value is `1`. It does not work for minimum values other than `1`.

If you wanted to get a random integer between 1 (and only 1) and 6, you would calculate:

    const rndInt = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6) + 1
    console.log(rndInt)

Where:

• 1 is the start number
• 6 is the number of possible results (1 + start (6) - end (1))