Module:Random and Module:Random/sandbox: Difference between pages

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startTimestamp = '@' .. tostring(currentYearStartUnix) -- @ is used to denote Unix timestamps with lang:formatDate.

endTimestamp = '@' .. tostring(currentYearEndUnix)

elseif ~~t1 and~~ not t2 then

elseif not t2 then

startTimestamp = '@0' -- the Unix epoch, 1 January 1970

endTimestamp = t1

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else

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elseif t1 ~~and t2~~ then

startTimestamp = t1

endTimestamp = t2

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-- This is because of the variability of os.clock (the time in seconds that the Lua script has been running for).

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

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elseif not cfg.lowTraffic then

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-- Make the seed as random as possible without using anything time-based. This means that the same random number

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-- will be generated for the same input from the same page - necessary behaviour for some wikicode templates that

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-- assume bad pseudo-random-number generation.

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local stats = mw.site.stats

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local views = stats.views or 0 -- This is not always available, so we need a backup.

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local seed = views + stats.pages + stats.articles + stats.files + stats.edits + stats.users + stats.activeUsers + stats.admins -- Make this as random as possible without using os.time() or os.clock()

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math.randomseed(seed)

else

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-- Make the random seed change every n seconds, where n is set by cfg.seedRefreshRate.

if not cfg.lowTraffic then

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-- This is useful for low-traffic wikis where new edits may not happen very often.

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-- Make the seed as random as possible without using anything time-based. This means that the same random number

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math.randomseed(math.floor(os.time() / cfg.seedRefreshRate))

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-- will be generated for the same input from the same page - necessary behaviour for some wikicode templates that

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-- assume bad pseudo-random-number generation.

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local stats = mw.site.stats

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local views = stats.views or 0 -- This is not always available, so we need a backup.

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local seed = views + stats.pages + stats.articles + stats.files + stats.edits + stats.users + stats.activeUsers + stats.admins -- Make this as random as possible without using os.time() or os.clock()

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math.randomseed(seed)

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else

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-- Make the random seed change every n seconds, where n is set by cfg.seedRefreshRate.

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-- This is useful for low-traffic wikis where new edits may not happen very often.

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math.randomseed(math.floor(os.time() / cfg.seedRefreshRate))

end

if type(args) ~= 'table' then