arc4random
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Native bindings for the arc4random() family of funcitons:
arc4random()arc4random_buf(buf, nbytes)arc4random_uniform(upper_bound)The latest and greatest version of this software is available through npm.
npm install arc4random
const rng = require('arc4random');
// returns an integer in the range [0, 2^32)
const randomNumber = rng.arc4random();
// stores nbytes integers in the given buffer.
// each byte is an integer in the range [0, 256)
const nbytes = 255;
const buf = Buffer.alloc(nbytes);
rng.arc4random_buf(buf, nbytes);
// returns an integer in the range [0, upper_bound)
const anotherRandomNumber = rng.arc4random_uniform(16);
See LICENSE.md
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Native bindings for the arc4random() family of funcitons.
The npm package arc4random receives a total of 13 weekly downloads. As such, arc4random popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that arc4random demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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