In Java, there is a method random() in the Math class, which returns a double value between 0.0 and 1.0. In the class Random there is a method nextInt(int n) , which returns a random value in the range of 0 (inclusive) and n (exclusive).
I’m sure you must have faced below questions in past:
- How to generate random numbers in Java?
- Generating random number in a range with Java
- Where can I find Java Random Numbers Examples?
- Java.lang.Math.random() Method Example
Here is a simple example which uses Random() function and provides answer to all of your questions.
This is what we are doing here:
- Create method
RandomTest1() which is a simple test which prints random number between min and max number (Number Range Example). - Create method
RandomTest2() which is a simple test which prints random entry from the list. - Create
Two Threadsin main andrunMain method.
package crunchify.com.tutorials;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
/**
* @author Crunchify.com
* How to Generate Random Number in Java with Some Variations?
*/
public class CrunchifyRandomNumber {
// Simple test which prints random number between min and max number (Number Range Example)
public void RandomTest1() throws InterruptedException {
while (true) {
int min = 50;
int max = 100;
// random() returns a double value with a positive sign, greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0.
// Returned values are chosen pseudorandomly with (approximately) uniform distribution from that range.
float randomNumber = (min + (float) (Math.random() * ((max - min))));
System.out.println("Crunchify Thread 1 random result: " + randomNumber);
// sleep() causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease execution) for the specified number of milliseconds,
// subject to the precision and accuracy of system timers and schedulers.
// The thread does not lose ownership of any monitors.
Thread.sleep(500);
}
}
// Simple test which prints random entry from list below
public void RandomTest2() throws InterruptedException {
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("Facebook");
list.add("Twitter");
list.add("Google");
Random randomNumber = new Random();
String randomEle;
int listSize = list.size();
while (true) {
randomEle = list.get(randomNumber.nextInt(listSize));
System.out.println("Crunchify Thread 2 random result: " + randomEle);
Thread.sleep(500);
}
}
static public void main(String[] args) {
// Let's run both Test1 and Test2 methods in parallel..
Thread crunchifyThread1 = new Thread() {
public void run() {
CrunchifyRandomNumber crNumber = new CrunchifyRandomNumber();
try {
crNumber.RandomTest1();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
Thread crunchifyThread2 = new Thread() {
public void run() {
CrunchifyRandomNumber crNumber = new CrunchifyRandomNumber();
try {
crNumber.RandomTest2();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
// start() Causes this thread to begin execution; the Java Virtual Machine calls the run method of this thread.
//The result is that two threads are running concurrently: the current thread
// (which returns from the call to the start method) and the other thread (which executes its run method).
crunchifyThread1.start();
crunchifyThread2.start();
}
}
Eclipse Console Output:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-15.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java -javaagent:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/lib/idea_rt.jar=55975:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/bin -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath 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crunchify.com.tutorials.CrunchifyRandomNumber Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Twitter Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 98.03486 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Google Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 57.48709 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Google Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 87.54976 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Google Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 75.2223 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Facebook Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 91.617584 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Facebook Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 64.705574 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Google Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 72.043884 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Google Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 70.38615 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Facebook Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 55.705227 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Facebook Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 76.36104 Crunchify Thread 2 random result: Twitter Crunchify Thread 1 random result: 75.84907 Process finished with exit code 130 (interrupted by signal 2: SIGINT)
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