Generating random number 1 - 100 in Swift 2

Question

I was wondering if this is the best way to generate a random number in Swift.

This is what I have thought of thus far:

var randomNumber:Int = random() * 100 + 1 //What value does this return?

I was wondering if this is a viable 1 - 100 range in Swift utilizing the random() function? I am unsure if this is. I have not dealt with random numbers much in Swift 2. However in Java, the equivalent would be Math.random() * 100 + 1

I'm curious to know what would be the equivalent of this in Swift 2. Thanks in advance!

@EricD. yes, I flagged it but it didn't auto-generate the comment for some reason — Hamish, Jan 31 '16 at 22:38
@originaluser2 I think it doesn't when it detects a comment with the link already in it, and there was one at this moment. — Eric Aya, Jan 31 '16 at 22:39

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '16 at 22:37

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let random = Int(arc4random_uniform(100) + 1)

+ 1 since arc4random_uniform generates a random number between 0 and the parameter - 1

answered Jan 31 '16 at 22:37

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really? do we need 2 virtually identical answers on a question that's a duplicate anyway? – Hamish Jan 31 '16 at 22:37
Are you sure this still works in the latest iteration of XCode and Swift? I do not see this option anymore in Xcode. – Linuxn00b Jan 31 '16 at 22:53
@Linuxn00b you have to import the `Darwin` module (as stated in the duplicate question) – Hamish Jan 31 '16 at 22:58
@originaluser2 it seems to work without the Darwin module. Thanks for all your help. – Linuxn00b Feb 01 '16 at 02:18

Generating random number 1 - 100 in Swift 2

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