Command/getrandomnumber
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Overview
The \getrandomnumber command provides a mechanism to create a macro initialized to a random value.
Example
The following example sets the macro n to contain a randomly selected number between 1 and 10.
\ctxlua{math.randomseed( os.time() )} \starttext \getrandomnumber \n {1} {10} \n \stoptext
The first line of the code initializes the random number generator.