It would be great if there was a way to generate a random number instead of having the users rely on making a blockspring account or any other creative way.
I suggest the following implementation:
Is this possible?
The issue with that method is you can’t put bounds (min, max) on it. It would be possible if you can access the string that it generates as a number, then it’s possible to transform it to fit within a range.
Thanks, but not quite what I’m after. As your screenshot also shows, it’s generating a string and not an integer/float value. This makes it unusable in stuff asking for number inputs 
I tried generating a random string using numbers but there’s no “convert string to numbers” (and afaik that is not an easy task as it would have to interpret the string first. Would be a lot easier to just generate an integer/float without going through a string)
If you select “Use numbers” only, the value is a number (not a text string). I just tried it with 2 inputs (integer type) whose initial content is generated and added the values in a text element. It worked.
However, Scott is right that you don’t have any more control beyond number of digits. Can’t define a range or anything. Just spits out random numbers…
With the observation @romanmg made about inputs typecasting the value from a string to number, it’s possible. The following generates a random number between an arbitrary min and max of 2000 and 2999, respectively.
Just reference the group on the page that stores the random value.
@Scott Any idea how you would change this random number via button press event? I see that we’re generating the number on “initial content” when the page loads, but is there a way to get a new random number from a workflow event?
Awesome workaround btw, thanks!
Hi @asbjoern1990,
We just released a plugin that allows users to generate a random number with a minimum and maximum. Here’s the original post for it:
@romanmg
This is awesome I was looking for a way to create a random string.
Any idea how I would go about using that string so clients could look at a webpage (of a user that has an account) instead of having to go through the login or signup process? Kind of like a read only page and only that user can give out this generated key.
Thanks!
I really need help , my references keep changing every time i refresh the page . How can i really fix this. How can i keep them static .
I know this is an old thread, but just figured this out for my app. I need to simulate dice rolls.
I have one input to hold the dice that should be rolled (I.E. D4, D6, etc.) I have a second input with a Custom State to hold the random number. I then have a button that sets the custom state. The workflow gets the current date time, extracts the milliseconds, then modulo the milliseconds based on the dice roll needed and add 1.
