Random

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System access to random values.

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from "wasi/random" include Random

Values

Functions and constants included in the Random module.

Random.randomUint32

Added in 0.6.0
versionchanges
0.5.0Originally named `randomInt32`
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randomUint32 : () => Result<Uint32, Exception>

Produce a random 32-bit integer. This function can be slow, so it’s best to seed a generator if lots of random data is needed.

Returns:

type description
Result<Uint32, Exception> Ok(num) of a random Uint32 if successful or Err(exception) otherwise

Random.randomUint64

Added in 0.6.0
versionchanges
0.5.0Originally named `randomInt64`
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randomUint64 : () => Result<Uint64, Exception>

Produce a random 64-bit integer. This function can be slow, so it’s best to seed a generator if lots of random data is needed.

Returns:

type description
Result<Uint64, Exception> Ok(num) of a random Uint64 if successful or Err(exception) otherwise

Random.random

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random : () => Result<Number, Exception>

Produce a random number. This function can be slow, so it’s best to seed a generator if lots of random data is needed.

Returns:

type description
Result<Number, Exception> Ok(num) of a random number if successful or Err(exception) otherwise
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