You can generate a random number with the
rand
method. The argument passed to the
rand
method should be an
integer
or a
range
, and returns a corresponding random number within the range:
rand(9) # this generates a number between 0 to 8
rand(0 .. 9) # this generates a number between 0 to 9
rand(1 .. 50) # this generates a number between 1 to 50
#rand(m .. n) # m is the start of the number range, n is the end of number range