adding choice() as an int alternative to random()

Author: benfry

core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java

@@ -4830,6 +4830,26 @@ public final void randomSeed(long seed) {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Return a random integer from 0 up to (but not including)
+   * the specified value for “high”. This is the same as calling random()
+   * and casting the result to an <b>int</b>.
+   */
+  public final int choice(int high) {
+    return (int) random(high);
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Return a random integer from “low” up to (but not including)
+   * the specified value for “high”. This is the same as calling random()
+   * and casting the result to an <b>int</b>.
+   */
+  public final int choice(int low, int high) {
+    return (int) random(low, high);
+  }
+
+
 
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core/todo.txt

@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/544
 data
 X use choice() instead of random() for list classes
 X remove random(PApplet) since unlikely to be used/seems overkill
-_ add choice() as a PApplet method for int values of random()?
+X add choice() as a PApplet method for int values of random()
+
 
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