Apply store pattern to track global app state

[vchess.git] / client / src / utils / alea.js

// Random (enough) string for socket and game IDs
export function getRandString()
{
  return (Date.now().toString(36) + Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 7))
    .toUpperCase();
}

export function random (min, max)
{
  if (!max)
  {
    max = min;
    min = 0;
  }
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min) ) + min;
}

// Inspired by https://github.com/jashkenas/underscore/blob/master/underscore.js
export function sample (arr, n)
{
  n = n || 1;
  let cpArr = arr.map(e => e);
  for (let index = 0; index < n; index++)
  {
    const rand = getRandInt(index, n);
    const temp = cpArr[index];
    cpArr[index] = cpArr[rand];
    cpArr[rand] = temp;
  }
  return cpArr.slice(0, n);
}

export function shuffle(arr)
{
  return sample(arr, arr.length);
}