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tp29
6,609 Pointsvar num = Math.floor(Math.random() * upper) + 1; What exactly does 'upper' do? Dave added it some videos back
function getRandomNumber( upper ) { var num = Math.floor(Math.random() * upper) + 1; } Here's more
3 Answers
Jerry Hoover
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 25,815 PointsUpper is the name of the variable that represents the highest number that this function will produce. If upper=4, then this will return a random number between 0 and 4. If upper is set to 216 then it will produce a random number between zero and 216.
It does this by multiplying the result of math.random (a number between 0 and 1) by the value of upper, resulting in a float between 0 and the value of upper. Math.floor then rounds the value down to the nearest integer such that, if the result is 41.1657843, the stored value in ‘num’ will be 41.
Nayonna Purnell
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 6,683 Pointsvar num = Math.floor(Math.random() * upper) + 1; upper signifies the top number in the range of random numbers. Example: if we wanted a random number from 1 -6. Six signifies the upper number.
Math.random() gives us a number from 0 to 1. Math.floor- rounds the number down. In this particular example, Math.floor(Math.random() * upper) would give us a number from 1-5. The +1 would give us 6.
tp29
6,609 PointsThank you both. In other words upper is just a place holder