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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers The Random Challenge Solution

Paula Mourad
Paula Mourad
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Posted by Paula Mourad
Paula Mourad
5,154 Points

Top number?

I don't understand why he added the "topNumber".

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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:point_right: The topNumber is the largest possible random pick.

By itself, the random function returns a number from 0 up to (but not including) 1. So by multiplying it by the largest number you want possibly picked, you expand the range.

Steven Pozega
Steven Pozega
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Steven Pozega
Steven Pozega
14,926 Points

Using the prompt() method will always return a string, even if the user types in a number. So when the topNumber variable is declared it changes it to an interger with the parseInt method so that it can be used in the Math.random function.