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How to generate random number in liquid shopify?

If logic contains a date object please note that the value will be the current time of when the page was last generated from the template, not when the page is presented to a user if caching or static site generation is involved as per the Shopify article. It will return a similar number every time.

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    Use the code to generate a random number

    {% capture random %}{{ 'now' | date: "%09N" }}{% endcapture %}

    output it using

    {{random}}
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    {% assign random_number = "now" | date: "%N" | modulo: 1000 | plus: 0 %}

    Worked for me, provides a random number between 0 – 1000.

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    You can use the timestamp to get a large number and use math to get a random-looking result. Eg to get a random number between 0 and 100:

    {% assign randomNumber = "now" | date: "%N" | modulo: 100 %}

    (remember that this will generate an integer anywhere from 0 to 99 inclusive.)

    Or a random number between 10 and 20:

    {% assign min = 10 %}
{% assign max = 20 %}
{% assign diff = max | minus: min %}
{% assign randomNumber = "now" | date: "%N" | modulo: diff | plus: min %}

    NB: Liquid files are cached so the random number is only generated on page creation and doesn’t change every time you view the page. For that, you would need javascript.

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