Random.getFloat() gives me "Random is ambiguous"

Audio Plugins
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Hi,

C++ noob here. I'm trying to use Random.getFloat() for a noise generator within the processBlock function of my audio plugin, as per the Juce tutorial. My code is:

float noisesample = Random.nextFloat();

However, I get my friend the red squigly under "Random", telling me that it is ambiguous. I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. The code is able to "find" the Random class as I have the ability to peak the definition and read the code, but it's just not happy. I'm almost tempted to use rand...

Any help greatly appreciated!

Andy.

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You are trying to call a non-static member function on class declaration. You need to instantiate an actual Random object, and call nextFloat() on that.

Random myRandom;

float noiseSample = myRandom.nextFloat();

Obviously it will be better to instantiate this outside of it's usage, either global, or in the class needing random numbers. :)

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Thanks, got it working :)