How do I convert this simple python code into javascript?

Question

I was looking at python script when I have across this:

randomNumber = random.randint(2, number)-1

How can I translate this into javascript?

Thanks?

@p.s.w.g I don't think so because I am trying to translate this specific code. — Progo, Mar 01 '14 at 17:31
@poke But I already know how to get a random integer in javascript. I just wanted to know how to translate this python code because I don't program in python. — Progo, Mar 01 '14 at 17:33
@Progo Then it sounds like your real question is, "What does this bit of Python do?" See http://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html#random.randint — p.s.w.g, Mar 01 '14 at 17:36
Googling for “random.randint python” gives exactly that link btw. — poke, Mar 01 '14 at 17:36
Just so that you know. Python's randint method isn't truely random. — Nobel Chicken, Jun 16 '14 at 03:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '14 at 17:30

2

You can use the examples given in the Math.random docs page,

function getRandomInt(min, max) {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1) + min);
}

console.log(getRandomInt(2, number) - 1);

answered Mar 01 '14 at 17:30

thefourtheye

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '14 at 17:32

1

randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * (1 + number))

answered Mar 01 '14 at 17:32

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