Module:Random: Difference between revisions

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local makeList = require('Module:List').makeList

-- Set the seed for the random number togenerator. theThis currentworks numberwell ofon editsthe madeEnglish Wikipedia due to Wikipedia.the high

-- edit rate, but should also work well on smaller wikis due to the variability of os.time() (the current time)

-- The English Wikipedia gets dozens of edits each minute, so this is as close to a random seed

-- and os.clock() (the time the program takes to run).

-- as we have. On smaller wikis this will produce the same number if the edit count has not changed,

math.randomseed(mw.site.stats.edits + mw.site.stats.pages + os.time() + math.floor(os.clock() * 1000000000))

-- so please use it with caution.

math.randomseed(mw.site.stats.edits)

-- Call math.random a few times to avoid getting the same first answer every time.

math.random()

math.random()

math.random()

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