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Chougui Younes
2,028 PointsWhy Mr. Dave Add bottomnumber
i want to know why Mr's Dave Add bottom Number In Line 5 plz
var input1 = prompt("please type a starting number");
var bottomNumber = parseInt(input1);
var input = prompt('Put A Number Please');
var topNumber = parseInt(input);
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * (topNumber-bottomNumber + 1)) + bottomNumber ;
var message = "<h1>" + randomNumber + "is a number between " + bottomNumber + "and" + topNumber + ".</h1>";
document.write(message);
2 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsHi there,
what the program is doing is outputting a random number, between the 2 numbers the user types. so it could be a number between 7 and 4, one number being higher than the other.
Hope this helps,
By the way I edited your post to display the code clearly using Markdown. Checkout the link that says Markdown Cheatsheet for all the info you need on how to use it yourself. Good luc . :)
Stan Ponkin
1,764 PointsLet's assume that the user types in 4 (for bottomNumber) and 7 (for topNumber).
If we multiple Math.random() by 7 + 1, we will get anything between 1 and 7, which is incorrect. We need random number that falls between 4 and 7.
To do that, first we need to subtract 4 (bottomNumber) from 7 (topNumber), which equals to the RANGE between 7 and 4 (=3). Then we need to multiply 3 by Math.random(), for simplicity, let's say random number equals 0.5000 Finally, we add 4 (bottomNumber) to the result. This way we will never fall below 4.
(7-4) = 3 3 * .5 = 1.5 (1.5 + 4) = 5.5
I think it's easier to run a few examples to understand the math.
Thank you,