Thread: My random generator isn't working. Please help!

First, please highlight your code with [highlight=Java] *Code* [/highlight]

Secondly, your naming is terrible, the variable name should give you an idea of what the variable is.

Thirdly, you need to be more specific about your problem. See:
Be Explicit
and
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THIS IS NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THIS. BUT IT IS THE EASIEST IN MY OPINION:

Okay consider this:
Start with random being equal to 0;
While your random number is smaller than the smallest number OR your random number is bigger than the biggest number you need to keep retrying
Create a random number up to the largest number and let that be random's value.
Once random meets your qualifications the loop will stop.
Then outside your while loop, the variable random is a number that fits your qualifications.

If you need any further help please ask!

skaterboy - you are saying do a while loop until the random numbers hit between number1 and number2? I guess I can try that.
Tjstretch - What line of code are you talking about? I did a fair amount of research and tried to do it as simple as possible as well.
(variable.nextInt((2) +2 ) ?
Starting at 2, I can only go up by 2?

Yes, that is the basics of the idea, but since you are having trouble I will try to help you a little bit more:

int smallestNumber = 2; //This could be anything
int largestNumber = 4;  //Same
int range = largestNumber - smallestNumber; //What is the range of randomness in the numbers?

Technically, I suppose this is two lines if you include range as one of lines of code.
Now, with those numbers, how could you devise a Random statement that would go between the smallest number and the largest number? Hint, you will have to use addition outside of the nextInt method.

Note that in order to be inclusive, you will have to add one in your gaining of the random number. (This is intuitively obvious when you see the rest of the line of code and note that nextInt(n) is between 0 (inclusive) and n (exclusive))

Well I feel like an idiot. My parentheses were in the wrong place. I had to rewrite the entire thing to figure it out. Really wish someone would have said syntax error.

import java.util.*;
public class RandomNumber{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Random variable = new Random();
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter  number 1: ");
        int number1 = sc.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Enter  number 2: ");
        int number2 = sc.nextInt();
        int range1 = (number1 - number2);
        int range2 = (number2 - number1);
 
        if(number1>number2)
        {
            int a = (variable.nextInt(range1)) + number2;
            System.out.println(a);
        }
        else
        {
            int a = (variable.nextInt(range2)) + number1;
            System.out.println(a);
        }
    }
}

yes.

My original ((number1-number2) + number2)) //parentheses in the wrong place

That has no compile times errors, that is valid syntactically, it just doesn't do what you were trying to do. How am I supposed to know you knew the logic and just could not convert it into Java if you did not say what you thought the logic was going to be?