random-stuff-js

random-stuff-js

A library that provides some random but very useful functions that are commonly used in most javascript projects.

Features

• Generate random number
• Pick random element from array
• Generate random name
• Generate OTP
• Probability
• Minimum/Maximum element of an array
• Wait/Sleep function

Installation

To install random-stuff-js

  # with npm:
  npm install random-stuff-js --save

  # with yarn:
  yarn add random-stuff-js

  # with pnpm:
  pnpm add random-stuff-js

  # with bun:
  bun add random-stuff-js

Usage

random-stuff-js can be used in almost any javascript project to achieve the above mentioned features with no extra effort. The functions provided by random-stuff-js may be categorised into 3 categories:

Random

import { randomNumber, randomElement, randomAdjective, randomAnimal, randomName, generateOTP } from 'random-stuff-js';

console.log(randomNumber(10, 20)) // Any number between 10 and 20 (both numbers included) will be logged

console.log(randomElement([3, 2, 10, 7, 8])) // Any one random element of the array will be logged

console.log(randomAdjective()) // Any one adjective from a list of 25 adjective will be logged

console.log(randomAnimal()) // Any one animal from a list of 200 animals will be logged

console.log(randomName('-')) // A combination of randomAdjective() and randomAnimal() will be logged with a '-' separator in between. Default separator is ' '

console.log(generateOTP(6)) // A 6 digit string OTP will be logged

Math

import { probability, minimumNumber, maximumNumber } from 'random-stuff-js';

if (probability(0.5)) console.log(true) // There is a 50% chance that true will be logged

const array = [89, 6, 99, 2, 50, 10]
console.log(minimumNumber(array)) // 2
console.log(maximumNumber(array)) // 99

Time

import { wait } from 'random-stuff-js';

async function test(time) {
  const ref = Date.now()
  await wait(time)
  return Date.now() - ref
}

test(1000).then(time => console.log(time)) // ~1000

Used By

• CloudBreeze
• StarWars
• CloudNotes

Author

Sahil Aggarwal