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mersenne-twister-serializable

v1.0.0

Published

A serializable Mersenne Twister

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Readme

mersenne-twister-serializable

A serializable Mersenne Twister

A modification of fast-mersenne-twister to support serializing / deserializing (allows to save / restore the seed) and with compatibility enhancements for older browsers/environments.

Usage

const { createMersenneTwister } = require('mersenne-twister-serializable');

let twister = createMersenneTwister(1234567890);

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.6187947695143521

let state = twister.save(); // state is an Object that can be serialized to JSON

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.3405089376028627

twister.restore(state);

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.3405089376028627

let another = createMersenneTwister(state);

console.log(another.random()); // 0.3405089376028627

You can also use an array seed:

const { createMersenneTwister } = require('mersenne-twister-serializable');

let twister = createMersenneTwister([1234, 5678, 9012]);

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.22977210697717965

Methods

All of the original methods are available on the MersenneTwister object returned by the exported function.

They are also aliased to more readable / convenient names.

| Convenience | Original | Return | | ----------- | -------- | ------ | | randomNumber | genrand_int32 | 32 bit integer, [0,0xffffffff] | | random31Bit | genrand_int31 | 31 bit integer, [0,0x7fffffff] | | randomInclusive | genrand_real1 | float, [0,1] | | random | genrand_real2 | float, [0,1) (this is just like what Math.random() returns) | | randomExclusive | genrand_real3 | float, (0,1) | | random53Bit | genrand_res53 | float, [0,1) with 53-bit resolution | | save | toJSON | serializable Object with Number n and Array d | | restore | fromJSON | void |

Notes

  • Extremely true to the original algorithm by Matsumoto & Nishimura
  • Converted to JavaScript by Stephan Brumme
    • This version cannot be initialized with an array
  • Updated by Thomas Randolph for compliance and performance
    • with all of the original random generators
    • with the ability to be initialized with an array
    • with the correct range (the original only outputs unsigned integers, while Stephan's version outputs signed integers)
  • Updated by Jimb Esser
    • with my code style
    • to support saving/restoring
    • to support older browsers/environments
    • performance optimizations