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

andres ponton
andres ponton
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Posted by andres ponton
andres ponton
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1. Why does he use floor instead of round 2. in the second challenge why does he add the +1

I understand that you have to add a 1 in case the random number is 0. but in this case I dont understand why he adds the 1 after the substraction.

1 Answer

Dane Parchment
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Dane Parchment
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Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

He uses floor because it rounds down, that way we don't get a potentially larger number than the range of values we want generated. Round will round up so it is not a good choice since it will potentially do what we mentioned above and provide larger values.

The addition actually happens before the subtraction, this is more of a math thing, but remember your order of operations (PEMDAS)? Addition will always be evaluated before subtraction.

Hope that helps.