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random-numorstr
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a Nodejs lib to get random number or string
// ES6
import { getNum, getStr, getSafer } from 'random-numorstr'
import * as Random from 'random-numorstr'
// Node
var Random = require('random-numorstr')
// get random number of given range
// this is equal with getNum(100, 2)
Random.getNum(2, 100)
// if param is not number type always return 0
Random.getNum("string", "string")
// if param out of safe range always return 0
Random.getNum(0, 2 ** 53)
// get random string,default length is 6
Random.getStr(6)
// get safer random string, default length is 16
// v1.3.0 only supports node.js
// after v1.3.0 supports ES6 browser(using TypedArray and window.crypto)
// for better compatibility in favor of getStr()
Random.getSafer()
MIT
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a simply lib to get a random string or number of given range
We found that random-numorstr 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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