Random numbers in Swift

Posted bymmv

Swift 4.2 has introduced a native random number API in the standard library, making it cross platform. 

Int.random(in: 1...1000) // → 691
Double.random(in: 0..<1) // → 0.8741555749903935
UInt32.random(in: 0xD800...0xDFFF) // → 55666

Read more in the great article from Ole Begemann, worth a read. 

 

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