orzo

A library for random events like dice rolls and random strings.

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Requirements

orzo requires the following to run:

• Node.js
• npm (usually comes with Node.js)

Usage

orzo is easily installed with npm:

npm install orzo

Then you can load the library into your project with a require:

var orzo = require('orzo');

The orzo object has the following methods:

orzo.dice({ min: 1, max: 6 })

Returns a random number between the min and max values.

• min is the lowest possible random number (inclusive). (Number, Optional, Default: 1)
• max is the highest possible random number (inclusive). (Number, Optional, Default: 6)
• return is a random number (Number)

// examples
orzo.dice() // 4
orzo.dice({ max: 20 }) // 13
orzo.dice({ min: -50, max: 50 }); // -12

orzo.chars({chars: '', len: 10 })

Returns a random set of characters.

• chars is the character set for the random string. (String, Optional, Default: 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXUZ0123456789')
• len is the length for the random string. (Number, Optional, Default: 10)
• return is a string with random characters. (String)

// examples
orzo.chars() // FBnQPprZw3
orzo.chars({ len: 25, chars: orzo.HEX_CHARACTERS }) // ff0b28ef67d91e04c1b707169

orzo.uuid()

Returns a valid UUIDv4.

• returns a UUIDv4. (String)

// example
orzo.uuid() // 5287a662-0623-4ff4-8228-3a3b371926a3

orzo.encode({ input: '', chars: '' })

Returns a string encoded in a specified base.

• input is the input to convert to the different base. (String)
• chars is the character set for the new base. (String, Optional, Default: 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXUZ0123456789')
• return is a string in the custom base. (String)

// examples
 
// encode 1999 to base16
orzo.encode({input: 1999, chars: orzo.HEX_CHARACTERS}) // 7cf
 
// encode 1999 to base62
orzo.encode({input: 1999}) // wf

orzo.decode({ input: '', chars: '' })

Returns a string back to base10.

• input is the input to convert to base10. (String)
• chars the characters used previously to conver the base. (String, Optional, Default: 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXUZ0123456789')
• return is a string in base10. (String)

// examples
 
// decode 7cf from base16 to base10
orzo.decode({input: '7cf', chars: orzo.HEX_CHARACTERS}) // 1999
 
// decode wf from base62 to base10
orzo.decode({input: 'wf'}) // 1999

Constants

Various character sets to use.

• orzo.NUMBERS = 0123456789
• orzo.LOWERCASE_CHARACTERS = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
• orzo.UPPERCASE_CHARACTERS = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
• orzo.SPECIAL_CHARACTERS = !@#$%^&*()
• orzo.HEX_CHACTERS = 0123456789abcdef

Contributing

To contribute to orzo, clone this repo locally and commit your code on a new branch. Unit tests are required for all features.

License

orzo is licensed under the MIT license.

Copyright © 2015, Ryen Nelsen