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generate Uint16Array with cryptographically-secure random 16-bit integer (word) entries, like randombytes for words
generate Uint16Array with cryptographically-secure random 16-bit integer (word) entries, like randombytes for words.
import getRandomWords from 'randomwords'
const randomwords = getRandomWords() // optionally inject 'randombytes' replacement with { randombytes: replacement }
import debug = require('debug')
const log = debug('example')
const words = randomwords(8) // Uint16Array with 8 cryptographically-secure random entries
words.forEach(log)
a live version of this example can be viewed here in the browser console, or by cloning this repository and running the following commands from a terminal:
npm install
npm run example
the files of this example are available here.
ES5 and Typescript compatible.
coded in Typescript 2, transpiled to ES5.
for a detailed specification of the API, run the unit tests in your browser.
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generate Uint16Array with cryptographically-secure random 16-bit integer (word) entries, like randombytes for words
The npm package randomwords receives a total of 6 weekly downloads. As such, randomwords popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that randomwords 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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