90 lines
3.5 KiB
Factor
Executable File
90 lines
3.5 KiB
Factor
Executable File
USING: help.markup help.syntax math kernel sequences ;
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IN: random
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HELP: seed-random
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{ $values { "tuple" "a random number generator" } { "seed" "an integer between 0 and 2^32-1" } }
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{ $description "Seed the random number generator." }
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{ $notes "Not supported on all random number generators." } ;
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HELP: random-32*
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{ $values { "tuple" "a random number generator" } { "r" "an integer between 0 and 2^32-1" } }
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{ $description "Generates a random 32-bit unsigned integer." } ;
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HELP: random-bytes*
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{ $values { "n" "an integer" } { "tuple" "a random number generator" } { "byte-array" "a sequence of random bytes" } }
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{ $description "Generates a byte-array of random bytes." } ;
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HELP: random
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{ $values { "seq" sequence } { "elt" "a random element" } }
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{ $description "Outputs a random element of the input sequence. Outputs " { $link f } " if the sequence is empty." }
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{ $notes "Since integers are sequences, passing an integer " { $snippet "n" } " outputs an integer in the interval " { $snippet "[0,n)" } "." }
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{ $examples
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{ $unchecked-example "USING: random prettyprint ;"
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"10 random ."
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"3" }
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{ $unchecked-example "USING: random prettyprint ;"
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"SYMBOL: heads"
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"SYMBOL: tails"
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"{ heads tails } random ."
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"heads" }
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} ;
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HELP: random-bytes
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{ $values { "n" "an integer" } { "byte-array" "a random integer" } }
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{ $description "Outputs an integer with n bytes worth of bits." }
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{ $examples
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{ $unchecked-example "USING: prettyprint random ;"
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"5 random-bytes ."
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"B{ 135 50 185 119 240 }"
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}
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} ;
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HELP: random-bits
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{ $values { "n" "an integer" } { "r" "a random integer" } }
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{ $description "Outputs an random integer n bits in length." } ;
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HELP: with-random
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{ $values { "tuple" "a random generator" } { "quot" "a quotation" } }
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{ $description "Calls the quotation with the random generator in a dynamic variable. All random numbers will be generated using this random generator." } ;
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HELP: with-secure-random
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{ $values { "quot" "a quotation" } }
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{ $description "Calls the quotation with the secure random generator in a dynamic variable. All random numbers will be generated using this random generator." } ;
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HELP: with-system-random
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{ $values { "quot" "a quotation" } }
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{ $description "Calls the quotation with the system's random generator in a dynamic variable. All random numbers will be generated using this random generator." } ;
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{ with-random with-secure-random with-system-random } related-words
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HELP: delete-random
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{ $values
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{ "seq" sequence }
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{ "elt" object } }
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{ $description "Deletes a random number from a sequence using " { $link delete-nth } " and returns the deleted object." } ;
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ARTICLE: "random-protocol" "Random protocol"
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"A random number generator must implement one of these two words:"
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{ $subsection random-32* }
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{ $subsection random-bytes* }
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"Optional, to seed a random number generator:"
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{ $subsection seed-random } ;
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ARTICLE: "random" "Generating random integers"
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"The " { $vocab-link "random" } " vocabulary contains a protocol for generating random or pseudorandom numbers."
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$nl
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"The “Mersenne Twister” pseudorandom number generator algorithm is the default generator stored in " { $link random-generator } "."
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$nl
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"Generate a random object:"
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{ $subsection random }
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"Combinators to change the random number generator:"
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{ $subsection with-random }
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{ $subsection with-system-random }
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{ $subsection with-secure-random }
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"Implementation:"
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{ $subsection "random-protocol" }
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"Deleting a random element from a sequence:"
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{ $subsection delete-random } ;
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ABOUT: "random"
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