Title: Generate Random Number
Last modified: May 31, 2017

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# Generate Random Number

 *  [brother](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darshi/)
 * (@darshi)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generate-random-number-2/)
 * I’m using the following javascript to generate a random number from a form. This
   is then used as a unique ID number field. Problem is it seems to fail about 10%
   of the time. Not sure if its failing from specific devices or browser settings.
   Is there a better or more reliable way of generating a number?
 *     ```
       <input id="ID" name="Application_ID">
          <script type="text/javascript">
          document.getElementById("ID").value = Math.random();
          </script>
       ```
   

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 *  [dccharron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dccharron/)
 * (@dccharron)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generate-random-number-2/#post-9189407)
 * Not sure what you mean by “fail”? I’ve run your code and it works perfectly every
   time for me. What devices or browser do you notice it to “fail”? Are you noticing
   it on a page refresh or some other action.
 * Have you asked your question on stackoverflow.com which deals with this kind 
   of issue?
 *  Thread Starter [brother](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darshi/)
 * (@darshi)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generate-random-number-2/#post-9196530)
 * Thanks [@dccharron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dccharron/), I haven’t
   been able to duplicate the fail, but sometimes the form comes through and the
   Application_ID is blank, it happens maybe 10% of the time.
 * I will try over at stackoverflow.com

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