How to use random in BATCH script?

Question

How to use random in BATCH script?

Answer 1

And just to be completely random, a total lack of order: SET /A V=%random% %%15 +1

@(IF not "%1" == "max" (start /MAX cmd /Q /C %0 max&X)ELSE set C=1&set V=A&wmic process where name="cmd.exe" CALL setpriority "REALTIME">NUL)&CLS
:Y
(IF %V% EQU 10 set V=A)&(IF %V% EQU 11 set V=B)&(IF %V% EQU 12 set V=C)&(IF %V% EQU 13 set V=D)&(IF %V% EQU 14 set V=E)&(IF %V% EQU 15 set V=F)
title %V%%random%6%random%%random%%random%%random%9%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%&color %V%&ECHO %random%%C%%random%%random%%random%%random%6%random%9%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%&(IF %C% EQU 46 (TIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK>nul&set C=1&CLS&SET /A V=%random% %%15 +1)ELSE set /A C=%C%+1)&goto Y

Answer 2

@(IF not "%1" == "max" (start /MAX cmd /Q /C %0 max&X)ELSE set C=1&set D=2&wmic process where name="cmd.exe" CALL setpriority "REALTIME">NUL)&CLS
:Y
title %random%6%random%%random%%random%%random%9%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%&color %D%&ECHO %random%%C%%random%%random%%random%%random%6%random%9%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%&(IF %C% EQU 46 (TIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK>nul&set C=1&CLS&IF %D% EQU 9 (set D=1)ELSE set /A D=%D%+1)ELSE set /A C=%C%+1)&goto Y

simplified with multiple IF statements and plenty of ((()))

Answer 3

set /a number=%random% %% [maximum]-[minimum]

example "

set /a number=%random% %% 100-50

will give a random number between 100 and 50. Be sure to only use one percentage sign as the operand if you are not using the line in a batch script!

Answer 4

You'll probably want to get several random numbers, and may want to be able to specify a different range for each one, so you should define a function. In my example, I generate numbers from 25 through 30 with call:rand 25 30. And the result is in RAND_NUM after that function exits.

@echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /L %%a in (1 1 10) do (
        call:rand 25 30
        echo !RAND_NUM!
)

goto:EOF

REM The script ends at the above goto:EOF.  The following are functions.

REM rand()
REM Input: %1 is min, %2 is max.
REM Output: RAND_NUM is set to a random number from min through max.
:rand
SET /A RAND_NUM=%RANDOM% * (%2 - %1 + 1) / 32768 + %1
goto:EOF

Answer 5

@echo off
title Professional Hacker
color 02
:matrix
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%% 
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%% 
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%% 
goto matrix

Answer 6

%RANDOM% gives you a random number between 0 and 32767.

Using an expression like SET /A test=%RANDOM% * 100 / 32768 + 1, you can change the range to anything you like (here the range is [1…100] instead of [0…32767]).