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Pseudorandom number generator based on crypto.randomBytes
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var crypto = require('crypto') | |
, rrange = 4294967296; | |
/** | |
* Return an integer, pseudo-random number in the range [0, 2^32). | |
*/ | |
var nextInt = function() { | |
return crypto.randomBytes(4).readUInt32BE(0); | |
}; | |
/** | |
* Return a floating-point, pseudo-random number in the range [0, 1). | |
*/ | |
var rand = function() { | |
return nextInt() / rrange; | |
}; | |
/** | |
* Return an integer, pseudo-random number in the range [min, max]. | |
*/ | |
var randInt = function(min, max) { | |
if (typeof min === 'undefined') { | |
return nextInt(); | |
} | |
if (typeof max === 'undefined') { | |
max = min; | |
min = 0; | |
} | |
return min + Math.floor(rand() * (max - min + 1)); | |
}; | |
exports.rand = rand; | |
exports.randInt = randInt; |
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