Random number generation

[vijay shanker]

Hi all,

is there any way so i can generate a number always less then 255 when i am using

new Random().nextInt()

i need this value always be less then 255.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Never use new Random().nextAnything(); It is not as bad as it used to be under Java 1.4, but there is a risk of getting the same number sequence again.

import java.util.Random;
. . .
Random rand = new Random();
 
int random = rand.nextSomething();

Read the Random API documentation, and look carefully for what you quoted, namely nextInt(). You probably mean less than or equal to 255, so pass 256 not 255.