vendor/twig/twig/doc/functions/random.rst

   1 ``random``
   2 ==========
   3
   4 .. versionadded:: 1.5
   5     The random function was added in Twig 1.5.
   6
   7 .. versionadded:: 1.6
   8     String and integer handling was added in Twig 1.6.
   9
  10 The ``random`` function returns a random value depending on the supplied
  11 parameter type:
  12
  13 * a random item from a sequence;
  14 * a random character from a string;
  15 * a random integer between 0 and the integer parameter (inclusive).
  16
  17 .. code-block:: jinja
  18
  19     {{ random(['apple', 'orange', 'citrus']) }} {# example output: orange #}
  20     {{ random('ABC') }}                         {# example output: C #}
  21     {{ random() }}                              {# example output: 15386094 (works as native PHP `mt_rand`_ function) #}
  22     {{ random(5) }}                             {# example output: 3 #}
  23
  24 Arguments
  25 ---------
  26
  27  * ``values``: The values
  28
  29 .. _`mt_rand`: http://php.net/mt_rand