random.js

javascript random numbers and string generation library

usage:

use it from your html page:

	<script type="text/javascript" src="random.js"></script>

or from a node.js project

	// in your package.json
	dependencies: [
		"random.js": "0.1.0"
	]
	// in your js file
	var random = require('random')

functions:

• randomInt([options]): generate random integers

  • parameters:
    • options:Object
      • min:Int:
        the minimum value (default: 0)
      • max:Int:
        the maximum value (default: 4294967295)
  • returns: an integer between the min/max bounds

• randomFloat([options]): generate random floats

  • parameters:
    • options:Object:
      • min:Float:
        the minimum value (default: 0.0)
      • max:Float:
        the maximum value (default: 1.0)
  • returns an integer between the min/max bounds

• randomString([options]): generate random strings

  • parameters:
    • options:Object
      • length:Int:
        the length of the string to generate (default: 20)
      • set:String:
        one of "alpha" | "numeric" | "alphanum" | "hex" | "custom" (default: "alphanum")
      • custom:String/Array<char>:
        if set is "custom", provides a set of characters used for the string generation
      • returns a string containing random characters from the selected set of the given length
      • note: when generating hexadecimal strings, the alpha-characters are uppercase, use .toLowerCase() on the result to switch to lowercase