Module:Sandbox/Sakretsu

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local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
	local max = tonumber(frame.args[1])
	if not max then return end
	local n = string.match(mw.site.stats.edits + mw.site.stats.pages + os.time(), '%d%d%d$')
	n = tonumber(n)
	while n > max do
		n = n - max
	end
	return n
end

local function getBigRandom(l, u)
	-- Gets a random integer between l and u, and is not limited to RAND_MAX.
	math.randomseed(mw.site.stats.edits + mw.site.stats.pages + os.time() + math.floor(os.clock() * 1000000000))
	local r = 0
	local n = 2^math.random(30) -- Any power of 2.
	local limit = math.ceil(53 / (math.log(n) / math.log(2)))
	for i = 1, limit do
		r = r + math.random(0, n - 1) / (n^i)
	end
	return math.floor(r * (u - l + 1)) + l
end

function p.number(frame)
	-- Gets a random number.
	first = tonumber(frame.args[1])
	second = tonumber(frame.args[2])
	-- This needs to use if statements as math.random won't accept explicit nil values as arguments.
	if first then
		if second then
			if first > second then -- Second number cannot be less than the first, or it causes an error.
				first, second = second, first
			end
			return getBigRandom(first, second)
		else
			return getBigRandom(1, first)
		end
	else
		return math.random()
	end
end

return p