# $Id: misc.rb 14 2008-03-02 05:42:30Z warchild $
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module Racket
module Misc
  # Return a number that is at most size bits long
  def Misc.randbits(size)
    bits = 0
    srand Time.now.usec
    0.upto(size-1) {
      bits <<= 1
      bits |= rand(2)
    }
    bits
  end

  # Return a byte that is at most size bytes long
  def Misc.randbytes(size)
    bytes = 0
    0.upto(size-1) {
      bytes <<= 8
      bytes |= randbits(8)
    }
    bytes
  end

  # Return a string that is at most size characters long
  def Misc.randstring(size)
    s = ""
    0.upto(size-1) {
      s += sprintf("%c", randbytes(1))
    }
    s
  end
end
end
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