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default:
print ("It's your turn - roll!");
break;
}
}
Here is a case where you are declaring a variable but not assigning a value right away. Instead,
when the
Start()
function is called, the
diceRoll
variable is assigned a randomly generated number
between 1 and 6.
Random number generation is another common function in games for determining things such as
the location of new game objects appearing in the scene or the number of enemies in the next attack
wave. From the line of code
diceRoll = Random.Range(1, 6);
you can probably guess what is going
on, but go ahead and
+' on
Random.Range
for the Scripting Reference (Figure
2-27
):
Figure 2-27.
Random.Range
description from the Unity Scripting Reference
Just as you suspected, when the
Start()
function is called,
diceRoll
is assigned a randomly generated
number based on the two arguments in the parentheses,
min
and
max
. Notice these parameters are
“inclusive,” or you would have to use different arguments to generate the numbers 1 through 6.
