JavaScript mt_rand

Returns a random number from Mersenne Twister

function mt_rand (min, max) {
    // Returns a random number from Mersenne Twister  
    // 
    // version: 1008.1718
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/mt_rand    // +   original by: Onno Marsman
    // *     example 1: mt_rand(1, 1);
    // *     returns 1: 1
    var argc = arguments.length;
    if (argc === 0) {        min = 0;
        max = 2147483647;
    } else if (argc === 1) {
        throw new Error('Warning: mt_rand() expects exactly 2 parameters, 1 given');
    }    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}

external links: original PHP docs | raw js source

Examples

Running

1	mt_rand(1, 1);

Should return

Dependencies

No dependencies, you can use this function standalone.

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Authors

Thanks to the following developers, you get to have mt_rand goodness in JavaScript.

Onno Marsman ( original )

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