Randomizing numbers

There can be a number of reasons you will want your mobile app to generate random numbers. You might create a slot or another gambling app or simply want enemy robots in a game to come from random vectors. Regardless of your need, LiveCode makes it easy to generate random numbers.

How to do it...

In this recipe, you will create a user interface that allows the user to enter upper and lower limits and then generate a random number within those limits.

1. Open LiveCode and create a new main stack.
2. Drag a new label field to the card and set the following properties:
   • Name: fld_Lower
   • foregroundColor: Yellow
   • Width: 158
   • Height: 32
   • Location: 87, 64
   • Font: Courier
   • Text size: 18
   • Text style: Bold
   • Align text center
   • Contents: Set Lower Limit:
3. Drag a second label field to the card and set the following properties:
   • Name: fld_Upper
   • foregroundColor: Yellow
   • Width: 158
   • Height: 32
   • Location: 259, 64
   • Font: Courier
   • Text size: 18
   • Text style: Bold
   • Align text center
   • Contents: Set Upper Limit:
4. Drag a new text entry field to...