Module:Sandbox/RexxS/Random

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local p = {}

-- This returns a pseudo-random integer in the range [m, n] where n>m swap them
p.random_num = function(frame)
	local m = tonumber( mw.text.trim(frame.args[1]) ) or 0
	local n = tonumber( mw.text.trim(frame.args[2]) ) or 9
	local randnum = 0
	math.randomseed( os.time() )
	if m<n then
		randnum = math.random( m, n )
	else
		randnum = math.random( n, m )
	end
  return randnum
end

p.randomIP = function()
	math.randomseed( os.time() )
	local ip1 = math.random( 0, 255 )
	local ip2 = math.random( 0, 255 )
	local ip3 = math.random( 0, 255 )
	local ip4 = math.random( 0, 255 )
	local ip = ip1 .. "." .. ip2 .. "." .. ip3 .. "." .. ip4
	return ip
end

p.testor = function(frame)
	local n = tonumber( frame.args[1] ) or 99
	return n
end

return p