Unity 4.x Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Unpacking the code

If you saw a similar line of code in the previous chapter and were a little mystified by it, here is a clearer, longer-form breakdown of what's happening (do not add this code to your script):

 var someRandomIndex:int = Random.Range(0,aEmptySquares.Count);

Choose a random number between 0 and the length of the aEmptySquares array minus one. For example, if the aEmptySquares array has 5 squares in it, we'll get a number between 0 and 4.

 square = aEmptySquares[someRandomIndex];

Retrieve a square from the aEmptySquares array at the index point we randomly chose. For example, if the randomly chosen number between 0 and 5 was 2, then retrieve the element at index 2 of the aEmptySquares array.

The line we actually used in our script is ...