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Efficiently generate a random position inside an outer rectangle but outside an inner rectangle
It should be a uniform distribution (ie: every point is equally as likely). I also don't want to use the simple solution of: "in a loop check to see if the current generated point is within the ...
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Randomly set styles with JavaScript
I have created a function which randomly sets styles using CSS selectors. Right now it returns a random item from an array. The program also works with shorthand properties (such as ...
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JavaScript random BigInt
Problem: JavaScript does not provide a random BigInt so there is a need to generate a random BigInt within a given range that is evenly distributed.
Solution
I have tried many algorithms with a ...
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Adding an 'enemy' to a game (with randomized properties)
I'm working on a game using the now abandoned Famo.us Javascript framework.
I have the game in a running prototype and I'm building with Cordova and running it on an iPhone 6 using PhoneGap.
There ...
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Normalized random position generator
I place various divs on screen by adding random x and y positions successively normalized with this function. My question is, how well is it written? Can I improve it? If so, then how?
I am worried ...
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D&D dice rolling app
This JavaScript object is part of a mobile application that rolls dice for our D&D games.
Here are some example of possible inputs from the user:
2d4
2d4 + 3d6
2d4 + 3d6 + 12
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Generating a random number of progress bars
I have this JSFiddle that generates a random number of progress bars then assigns a random number and percent to them.
I am wondering if you know how to better optimize this code to have better run-...
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Random weighted 'tick' function
This is a very simple function, but it gets run on a roughly 10ms interval, so I'm looking for ways to improve it. The first obvious thing is that it has to run the comparisons nearly every time as it ...
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Can this secure, random generator be improved?
This random generator uses cryptographically secure numbers/chars instead of Math.random(). The Javascript code with jQuery works well but I affect clean code ;) It ...
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Dice notation roller in JavaScript
I have the following function, intended to take standard dice notation (XdY+Z) and return a (sort of) random number based on the input. Are there any bugs/bad ideas/optimizable sections I am missing?
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Improve random password generator
Can you please take a look at my code and improve it (if necessary)?
http://jsfiddle.net/U6R6E/
Javascript (with jQuery)
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Randomize a jQuery object list
Well this was a simplest code competition at my work.
I tried a couple things, they accepted but none of them is I wanted.
Because both are always giving same result.
I tried to randomize like this
<...
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JavaScript: Weighted Random Generator
I'm attempting to create a function that will give me a "fish" at random, though a bias random depending on the weight value for the "fish".
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