RandBox Module Tour (5/12): miscellaneous – Probability and IDs

Overview

• Probability & weights: coin/weighted/radio
• Distributions & rules: normal, dice/rpg/tv
• IDs & uniqueness: guid/hash/unique, fileWithContent

Examples

import RandBox from 'randbox'
const rb = new RandBox()
const side = rb.coin?.()
const val = rb.normal?.({ mean: 0, stdev: 1 })
const uid = rb.guid?.()

Links

• Index: /en/docs/miscellaneous/
• Pages: /en/docs/miscellaneous/weighted, /en/docs/miscellaneous/unique

FAQ

• How are weights normalized?
  • Converted to probabilities summing to 1.
• Which method for normal distribution?
  • Commonly Box–Muller or Ziggurat.