How does one generate a random number in Apple's Swift language?

Question

I realize the Swift book provided an implementation of a random number generator. Is the best practice to copy and paste this implementation in one\'s own program? Or is t

Answer 1

Use arc4random_uniform(n) for a random integer between 0 and n-1.

let diceRoll = Int(arc4random_uniform(6) + 1)

Cast the result to Int so you don't have to explicitly type your vars as UInt32 (which seems un-Swifty).