Make a Slider Do a Random Walk

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Suppose, just for fun, you want a slider value to bounce around in a random walk.

1.Make a slider and name it place.
2.Give the slider this formula: place + RandomPick(-1, 1).
3.In the slider’s inspector, set the value of the Max_updates_per_second property to some positive value.
4.Press the slider’s animation button and watch the fun.

Note: Were you surprised that you didn’t get the dreaded #Circular Reference# error with this slider formula? Slider formulas are allowed to refer to themselves!

See also

Slider Properties Panel

Random Functions