mersenne-twister-serializable

A serializable Mersenne Twister

A modification of fast-mersenne-twister to support serializing / deserializing (allows to save / restore the seed) and with compatibility enhancements for older browsers/environments.

Usage

``javascript
const { createMersenneTwister } = require('mersenne-twister-serializable');

let twister = createMersenneTwister(1234567890);

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.6187947695143521

let state = twister.save(); // state is an Object that can be serialized to JSON

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.3405089376028627

twister.restore(state);

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.3405089376028627

let another = createMersenneTwister(state);

console.log(another.random()); // 0.3405089376028627
`

You can also use an array seed:

`javascript
const { createMersenneTwister } = require('mersenne-twister-serializable');

let twister = createMersenneTwister([1234, 5678, 9012]);

console.log(twister.random()); // 0.22977210697717965
`

$3

All of the original methods are available on the MersenneTwister object returned by the exported function.

They are also aliased to more readable / convenient names.

| Convenience | Original | Return |
| ----------- | -------- | ------ |
| randomNumber | genrand_int32 | 32 bit integer, [0,0xffffffff] |
| random31Bit | genrand_int31 | 31 bit integer, [0,0x7fffffff] |
| randomInclusive | genrand_real1 | float, [0,1] |
| random | genrand_real2 | float, 0,1) (this is just like what Math.random() returns) |
| randomExclusive | genrand_real3 | float, (0,1) |
| random53Bit | genrand_res53 | float, [0,1) with 53-bit resolution |
| save | toJSON | serializable Object with Number n and Array d |
| restore | fromJSON` | void |

Notes

- Extremely true to the [original algorithm by Matsumoto & Nishimura
- Converted to JavaScript by Stephan Brumme
- This version cannot be initialized with an array
- Updated by Thomas Randolph for compliance and performance
- with all of the original random generators
- with the ability to be initialized with an array
- with the correct range (the original only outputs unsigned integers, while Stephan's version outputs signed integers)
- Updated by Jimb Esser
- with my code style
- to support saving/restoring
- to support older browsers/environments
- performance optimizations