Package rand

On Linux, FreeBSD, Dragonfly, and Solaris, Reader uses getrandom(2) if available, and /dev/urandom otherwise.
On macOS and iOS, Reader uses arc4random_buf(3).
On OpenBSD and NetBSD, Reader uses getentropy(2).
On other Unix-like systems, Reader reads from /dev/urandom.
On Windows, Reader uses the ProcessPrng API.
On js/wasm, Reader uses the Web Crypto API.
On wasip1/wasm, Reader uses random_get from wasi_snapshot_preview1.

var Reader io.Reader

func Int ¶

func Int(rand io.Reader, max *big.Int) (n *big.Int, err error)

Int returns a uniform random value in [0, max). It panics if max <= 0.

func Prime ¶

func Prime(rand io.Reader, bits int) (*big.Int, error)

Prime returns a number of the given bit length that is prime with high probability. Prime will return error for any error returned by rand.Read or if bits < 2.

func Read ¶

func Read(b []byte) (n int, err error)

Read is a helper function that calls Reader.Read using io.ReadFull. On return, n == len(b) if and only if err == nil.

▹ Example

▾ Example

This example reads 10 cryptographically secure pseudorandom numbers from rand.Reader and writes them to a byte slice.

Code:

c := 10
b := make([]byte, c)
_, err := rand.Read(b)
if err != nil {
    fmt.Println("error:", err)
    return
}
// The slice should now contain random bytes instead of only zeroes.
fmt.Println(bytes.Equal(b, make([]byte, c)))

Output:

false