Wikimedia\Alea\Alea Class Reference

Alea non-cryptographic pseudo-random number generator. More...

Public Member Functions
	__construct (... $args)
	Create a new pseudo-random number generator.
	random ()
	Get a float with 32 bits of randomness.
	uint32 ()
	Get a random 32-bit unsigned integer.
	fract53 ()
	Get a float with the full 53 bits of randomness.
	args ()
	exportState ()
	importState (array $i)

Static Public Member Functions
static	version ()
static	createWithState (array $i)
	Create a new generator synced with some exported state.

Detailed Description

Alea non-cryptographic pseudo-random number generator.

Compatible with https://www.npmjs.com/package/alea

From http://baagoe.com/en/RandomMusings/javascript/

Archived at:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120619002808/http://baagoe.org/en/wiki/Better_random_numbers_for_javascript
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120502223108/http://baagoe.com/en/RandomMusings/javascript/

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

Wikimedia\Alea\Alea::__construct

(

$args

)

Create a new pseudo-random number generator.

Parameters

mixed

...$args Seeds for the PRNG. Can be anything which can be converted to a string with 'strval'.

Member Function Documentation

createWithState()

static Wikimedia\Alea\Alea::createWithState ( array $i )

static

Create a new generator synced with some exported state.

Parameters

array

$i

The exported state of some other Alea PRNG.

Returns

Alea a new Alea PRNG.

exportState()

Wikimedia\Alea\Alea::exportState

(

)

Returns

array The exported state of this PRNG.

fract53()

Wikimedia\Alea\Alea::fract53

(

)

Get a float with the full 53 bits of randomness.

Returns

float

importState()

Wikimedia\Alea\Alea::importState

(

array

$i

)

Parameters

array

$i

The exported state of some other Alea PRNG.

random()

Wikimedia\Alea\Alea::random

(

)

Get a float with 32 bits of randomness.

Returns

float

uint32()

Wikimedia\Alea\Alea::uint32

(

)

Get a random 32-bit unsigned integer.

Returns

int

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/Alea.php