Available on: all targets
See also: RANDOM WIDTH RANDOMIZE

RANDOM HEIGHT

This instruction allows you to get a random number between 0 and the current height of the screen (intended as SCREEN HEIGHT) minus one. It is particularly useful for positioning pixels or graphic elements, randomly, on the screen.

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SYNTAX

 = RANDOM HEIGHT


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  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 POINT AT (RANDOM WIDTH, RANDOM HEIGHT)


ABBREVIATION: RdHg

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