NAME

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

VERSION

version 1.44

RELEASE DATE

2014-04-24

SYNOPSIS

In command line:

% dux rand
0.0744685671097649

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

FUNCTIONS

rand(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Generate a stream of random numbers.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • in => any

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

  • int => bool (default: 0)

  • 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).

Return value:

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

SEE ALSO

HOMEPAGE

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

SOURCE

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

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.

AUTHOR

Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Steven Haryanto.

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