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      rand

      clojure.core

      Available since 1.0 (source)
      • (rand)
      • (rand n)
      Returns a random floating point number between 0 (inclusive) and
n (default 1) (exclusive).
      © Rich Hickey. All rights reserved. Eclipse Public License 1.0
      2 Examples
      ;; Test `rand` never returns `n`:
user=> (some (partial <= 10) (take 100000 (repeatedly (fn [] (int (rand 10))))))
nil

      user=> (rand)
0.17469201779243182

user=> (rand 100)
49.542391492950834
      See Also
      clojure.core/rand-int

      Returns a random integer between 0 (inclusive) and n (exclusive).

      Added by alimoeeny
      clojure.core/rand-nth

      Return a random element of the (sequential) collection. Will have the same performance characteris...

      Added by Havvy
      clojure.core/shuffle

      Return a random permutation of coll

      Added by timgilbert
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