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Module: Random::Formatter

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Defined in: random.c

Overview

Generate a random number in the given range as ::Random does

prng.random_number       #=> 0.5816771641321361
prng.random_number(1000) #=> 485
prng.random_number(1..6) #=> 3
prng.rand                #=> 0.5816771641321361
prng.rand(1000)          #=> 485
prng.rand(1..6)          #=> 3

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Details

#random_number ⇒ Float #random_number(max) ⇒ Numeric #random_number(range) ⇒ Numeric #rand ⇒ Float #rand(max) ⇒ Numeric #rand(range) ⇒ Numeric
Also known as: #random_number

Generates formatted random number from raw random bytes. See Random#rand.

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# File 'random.c', line 1589



static VALUE
rand_random_number(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
    rb_random_t *rnd = try_get_rnd(obj);
    VALUE v = rand_random(argc, argv, obj, rnd);
    if (NIL_P(v)) v = rand_random(0, 0, obj, rnd);
    else if (!v) invalid_argument(argv[0]);
    return v;
}


  








  

    

      #random_number  ⇒ Float 
      #random_number(max)  ⇒ Numeric 
      #random_number(range)  ⇒ Numeric 
      #rand  ⇒ Float 
      #rand(max)  ⇒ Numeric 
      #rand(range)  ⇒ Numeric 
    

  



  

    

Alias for #rand.