2018-11-23

(sph random-data)

generate random data. strings, booleans, lists, and more

part of sph-lib

import name

(sph random-data)

procedure: primitive-random a [b] ->

procedure: random max-value [min-value state] ->

integer [integer random-state] -> integer

create a number between min-value and max-value. if the result number will be an integer or real number depends on the type of the given max-value

procedure: random-ascii-string len ->

integer -> string

results in a string of randomly chosen ascii characters excluding control characters

procedure: random-boolean ->

-> boolean

procedure: random-bytevector size ->

integer -> bytevector

procedure: random-list list-length [max-value min-value state] ->

integer integer integer random-state -> (integer ...)

create a list of numbers using "random"

procedure: random-string [len char-set state] ->

[integer string/vector] -> string

the default set of characters includes all the code points to which unicode has assigned a character or other meaning

procedure: random-weighted-boolean percentage ->

integer -> boolean

percentage is proportional to the amount of false values

variable: sph-random-data-description