Generating a random number

Nov 08, 2012

Is there a way to generate a random number to then put into a variable in Storyline?

8 Replies
Steve Flowers

Hey, Mike - 

Without some serious fakery (not really random at all just time varied) you'd need to resort to the JavaScript trigger. Here's an example of rounding:

http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/20726/114599.aspx#114599

To generate a random number between 1 and 10 and set a variable to that number, this should work:

var player=GetPlayer();

player.SetVar("randomVariable", Math.floor((Math.random()*10)+1););

//assumes you have a variable named randomVariable in your story

Alexandros Anoyatis

Steve, while we're (more like "you are") at it,

How would you implement a "random grab bag" using Storyline?

Does Storyline retain the value of an internal variable? For example, what happens if you run a second (completely different) JavaScript trigger which references an internal variable in an earlier (first) JS trigger?

Leslie McKerchie

Hello Maria and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)

Looks like Wendy has popped in to assist you here and I just wanted to share our documentation as well. Could be helpful for you or anyone following along.

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