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NAME

Data::Unixish::rand - Generate a stream of random numbers

VERSION

This document describes version 1.573 of Data::Unixish::rand (from Perl distribution Data-Unixish), released on 2023-09-23.

SYNOPSIS

In command line:

% dux rand
0.0744685671097649

% dux rand --min 1 --max 10 --num 5 --int
3
4
1
1
5

FUNCTIONS

rand

Usage:

rand(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]

Generate a stream of random numbers.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • in => array

    Input stream (e.g. array or filehandle).

  • int => bool (default: 0)

    (No description)

  • max => float (default: 1)

    Maximum possible value (inclusive).

  • min => float (default: 0)

    Minimum possible value (inclusive).

  • num => int (default: 1)

    Number of numbers to generate, -1 means infinite.

  • out => any

    Output stream (e.g. array or filehandle).

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Data-Unixish.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Data-Unixish.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

% prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-Unixish

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.