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A very simple, seedable JavaScript PRNG. NOTE: Please read comments on why this is not a good choice.
// NOTICE 2020-04-18
// Please see the comments below about why this is not a great PRNG.
// Read summary by @bryc here:
// https://github.com/bryc/code/blob/master/jshash/PRNGs.md
// Have a look at js-arbit which uses Alea:
// https://github.com/blixt/js-arbit
/**
* Creates a pseudo-random value generator. The seed must be an integer.
*
* Uses an optimized version of the Park-Miller PRNG.
* http://www.firstpr.com.au/dsp/rand31/
*/
function Random(seed) {
this._seed = seed % 2147483647;
if (this._seed <= 0) this._seed += 2147483646;
}
/**
* Returns a pseudo-random value between 1 and 2^32 - 2.
*/
Random.prototype.next = function () {
return this._seed = this._seed * 16807 % 2147483647;
};
/**
* Returns a pseudo-random floating point number in range [0, 1).
*/
Random.prototype.nextFloat = function (opt_minOrMax, opt_max) {
// We know that result of next() will be 1 to 2147483646 (inclusive).
return (this.next() - 1) / 2147483646;
};
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