go_basics

Basic Go (golang) tools

Installation

go get github.com/tflynn/gobasics

go install github.com/tflynn/gobasics/urand/urandcli
go install github.com/tflynn/gobasics/urand/urandserver

urand

Library to generate random integers, random dice throws, words based on random dice throws.

Documentation: https://godoc.org/github.com/tflynn/gobasics/urand

'Words based on random dice throws' is a direct implementation of Diceware http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html

urandcli

Console interface for urand library.

Generate random integers, random dice throws, words based on random dice throws.

Usage:

urandcli [-h | intType | diceRolls | diceWords] [howMany] [dieFaces]

Where:

  -h Print this information and exit

  intType Integer type - int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64. Defaults to 'uint' if not specified
  diceRolls Roll the dice.
  diceWords Words based on dice rolls.
  
  howMany 
    Number of integers to generate. Defaults to 1.
    Number of times to roll the dice. Defaults to 1.
    Number of diceWords. Defaults to 6.
  
  dieFaces Number of die faces. Defaults to 6 if not specified.