select a random number between 1 & 7

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PS · Accepted Answer

(System.currentTimeMillis() % 7) + 1;

AK · Answer

I think they're looking deeper, like how would you generate "randomness" to produce a number between 1 and 7, like a linear congruential generator.

Anonymous · Answer

Three!

Herakleides · Answer

This problem is ill-defined. What kind of number? I would tell them I select pi if they don't tell you what kind of objects you are working with.

Anonymous · Answer

Five!

Melinda Green · Answer

For floats:
    (new Random()).nextFloat() * 6 + 1;

For ints:
    (new Random().nextInt(6) + 1;

Use the 1-argument Random constructor with a random seed for non-deterministic results.

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