rand.go

package rand

import (
	"math/rand"
	"time"
)

/*
 * Top-level convenience functions
 */

var globalRand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()).(rand.Source64))
var letterRunes = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")

// Seed uses the provided seed value to initialize the default Source to a
// deterministic state. If Seed is not called, the generator behaves as
// if seeded by Seed(1). Seed values that have the same remainder when
// divided by 2^31-1 generate the same pseudo-random sequence.
// Seed, unlike the Rand.Seed method, is safe for concurrent use.
func Seed(seed int64) { globalRand.Seed(seed) }

// Int63 returns a non-negative pseudo-random 63-bit integer as an int64
// from the default Source.
func Int63() int64 { return globalRand.Int63() }

// Uint32 returns a pseudo-random 32-bit value as a uint32
// from the default Source.
func Uint32() uint32 { return globalRand.Uint32() }

// Uint64 returns a pseudo-random 64-bit value as a uint64
// from the default Source.
func Uint64() uint64 { return globalRand.Uint64() }

// Int31 returns a non-negative pseudo-random 31-bit integer as an int32
// from the default Source.
func Int31() int32 { return globalRand.Int31() }

// Int returns a non-negative pseudo-random int from the default Source.
func Int() int { return globalRand.Int() }

// Int63n returns, as an int64, a non-negative pseudo-random number in [0,n)
// from the default Source.
// It panics if n <= 0.
func Int63n(n int64) int64 { return globalRand.Int63n(n) }

// Int31n returns, as an int32, a non-negative pseudo-random number in [0,n)
// from the default Source.
// It panics if n <= 0.
func Int31n(n int32) int32 { return globalRand.Int31n(n) }

// Intn returns, as an int, a non-negative pseudo-random number in [0,n)
// from the default Source.
// It panics if n <= 0.
func Intn(n int) int { return globalRand.Intn(n) }

// Float64 returns, as a float64, a pseudo-random number in [0.0,1.0)
// from the default Source.
func Float64() float64 { return globalRand.Float64() }

// Float32 returns, as a float32, a pseudo-random number in [0.0,1.0)
// from the default Source.
func Float32() float32 { return globalRand.Float32() }

// Perm returns, as a slice of n ints, a pseudo-random permutation of the integers [0,n)
// from the default Source.
func Perm(n int) []int { return globalRand.Perm(n) }

// Shuffle pseudo-randomizes the order of elements using the default Source.
// n is the number of elements. Shuffle panics if n < 0.
// swap swaps the elements with indexes i and j.
func Shuffle(n int, swap func(i, j int)) { globalRand.Shuffle(n, swap) }

// Read generates len(p) random bytes from the default Source and
// writes them into p. It always returns len(p) and a nil error.
// Read, unlike the Rand.Read method, is safe for concurrent use.
func Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) { return globalRand.Read(p) }

// NormFloat64 returns a normally distributed float64 in the range
// [-math.MaxFloat64, +math.MaxFloat64] with
// standard normal distribution (mean = 0, stddev = 1)
// from the default Source.
// To produce a different normal distribution, callers can
// adjust the output using:
//
//  sample = NormFloat64() * desiredStdDev + desiredMean
//
func NormFloat64() float64 { return globalRand.NormFloat64() }

// ExpFloat64 returns an exponentially distributed float64 in the range
// (0, +math.MaxFloat64] with an exponential distribution whose rate parameter
// (lambda) is 1 and whose mean is 1/lambda (1) from the default Source.
// To produce a distribution with a different rate parameter,
// callers can adjust the output using:
//
//  sample = ExpFloat64() / desiredRateParameter
//
func ExpFloat64() float64 { return globalRand.ExpFloat64() }

// String returns an n sized random string
func String(n int) string {
	b := make([]rune, n)
	for i := range b {
		b[i] = letterRunes[rand.Intn(len(letterRunes))]
	}
	return string(b)
}