Template:Rand - Revision history

81.179.199.253: This is still useful. Be careful what you're undoing, eh? ;)

2026-02-12T23:49:40Z

This is still useful. Be careful what you're undoing, eh? ;)

DollarStoreBa'al: Undo revision 406095 by DollarStoreBa'al (talk)

2026-02-12T22:56:40Z

Undo revision 406095 by DollarStoreBa'al (talk)

DollarStoreBa'al: Undo revision 406119 by 81.179.199.253 (talk)

2026-02-12T22:56:31Z

Undo revision 406119 by 81.179.199.253 (talk)

81.179.199.253: Was obviously a transfer from wikipedia, so deredlinking the pages that don't (at the moment) exist directly on explainxkcd. And shouldn't be created just for this edge-case, though who knows what Randall's published works will later require of us!

2026-02-12T21:09:10Z

Was obviously a transfer from wikipedia, so deredlinking the pages that don't (at the moment) exist directly on explainxkcd. And shouldn't be created *just* for this edge-case, though who knows what Randall's published works will later require of us!

DollarStoreBa'al at 19:05, 12 February 2026

2026-02-12T19:05:06Z

DollarStoreBa'al: Creating this thing that someone wanted to make for some reason. idk why.

2025-12-10T19:13:24Z

Creating this thing that someone wanted to make for some reason. idk why.

New page

<includeonly>{{:User:17jiangz1/Mod|(({{#time:U}}+({{{2|{{#time:z}}}}}))*({{{3|67}}})+({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} mod ({{{3|67}}})))|{{{1|100}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>
From Wikipedia

This template generates a [[pseudo-random]] integer between 0 and ''count''-1.

; Usage<nowiki>:</nowiki>
* <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Rand<nowiki>|</nowiki></tt>''count''<tt><nowiki>|</nowiki></tt>''seed''<tt><nowiki>|</nowiki></tt>''prime''<tt><nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
* All parameters are optional and have default values. They must be integers.
* The default ''count'' is 100 (so by default, this template generates values between 0 and 99) and must be non-zero.
* The default ''seed'' is <nowiki>{{#time:z}}</nowiki> (currently {{#time:z}}, i.e. the current day number in the year, at the time this page was last saved or purged from the cache) and can be set to any other integer value (used to generate distinct values on the same page).
* The default ''prime'' is 67 and should be a [[prime number]] above 17 (used to generate distinct values on the same page).

; Examples generating numbers between 0 and 999<nowiki>:</nowiki>
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000}} (same day, same output)
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|</nowiki>{{#time:z}}<nowiki>|67}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|{{#time:z}}|67}} (same as above)
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|</nowiki>{{#time:z}}<nowiki>|61}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|{{#time:z}}|61}} (this and others should all be different)
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|6}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|6}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|5}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|5}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|4}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|4}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|3}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|3}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|2}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|2}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|1}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|0}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|17}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|17}} (varying the prime number)
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|19}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|19}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|23}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|23}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|29}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|29}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|31}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|31}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|37}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|37}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|41}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|41}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|43}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|43}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|47}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|47}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|51}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|51}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|53}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|53}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|59}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|59}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|61}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|61}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|67}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|67}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|71}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|71}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|73}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|73}}
* <tt><nowiki>{{Rand|1000|1|79}}</nowiki></tt> = {{Rand|1000|0|79}}

; Note<nowiki>:</nowiki>
* Varying ''seed'' linearly generates numbers that generate a linear sequence on the same page, with equal cyclic steps;
* Varying ''prime'' (provided that they are odd prime numbers) generates pseudo-random that have independent random distribution.
* Note that when ''count'' is even (such as 100 by default, or 1000 in the examples above), the generated numbers (on the same page) are all odd or all even when you are varying the ''seed'' or ''prime'', unless half of the calls use an even ''seed'' and the others used an odd ''seed''. However, later invocations will still alternate odd and even numbers on output (this problem only occurs on the same page where multiple random numbers are invoked).
* On the same page, multiple invocations of this template with the same parameters will generate the same output value, so it is possible to create multiple links related to the same article.
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 From Wikipedia
-This template generates a [[pseudo-random]] integer between 0 and ''count''-1.
+This template generates a {{w|pseudo-random}} integer between 0 and ''count''-1.
 ; Usage<nowiki>:</nowiki>
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 * The default ''count'' is 100 (so by default, this template generates values between 0 and 99) and must be non-zero.
 * The default ''seed'' is <nowiki>{{#time:z}}</nowiki> (currently {{#time:z}}, i.e. the current day number in the year, at the time this page was last saved or purged from the cache) and can be set to any other integer value (used to generate distinct values on the same page).
-* The default ''prime'' is 67 and should be a [[prime number]] above 17 (used to generate distinct values on the same page).
+* The default ''prime'' is 67 and should be a {{w|prime number}} above 17 (used to generate distinct values on the same page).
 ; Examples generating numbers between 0 and 999<nowiki>:</nowiki>