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Generating random number in a range with Java

double x = //Random number between -0.5 and 0.5

Possible Outputs:

-0.23
0.01
0.26
-0.4

How do I generate a double between the range of (example) -0.5 and 0.5?

Answer 1

This should do it

Math.random() - 0.5

Math.random will generate betweeen 0 and 1. If you want between -0.5 and +0.5 then you can just -0.5 from this result. See the API docs

One thing that this will not do is ever give you 0.5 as Math.random() does never return 1. This post will give you more details and a possible solution.