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title: "random | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function random

-   random(out: [quat](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.quat/)): [quat](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.quat/)[](#random)
    
    Generates a random unit quaternion
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   out: [quat](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.quat/)
        
        the receiving quaternion
        
    
    #### Returns [quat](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.quat/)
    
    out