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.IX Title "Crypt::PRNG::Yarrow 3"
.TH Crypt::PRNG::Yarrow 3 "2022-01-07" "perl v5.26.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Crypt::PRNG::Yarrow \- Cryptographically secure PRNG based on Yarrow algorithm
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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\&   ### Functional interface:
\&   use Crypt::PRNG::Yarrow qw(random_bytes random_bytes_hex random_bytes_b64 random_string random_string_from rand irand);
\&
\&   $octets = random_bytes(45);
\&   $hex_string = random_bytes_hex(45);
\&   $base64_string = random_bytes_b64(45);
\&   $base64url_string = random_bytes_b64u(45);
\&   $alphanumeric_string = random_string(30);
\&   $string = random_string_from(\*(AqACGT\*(Aq, 64);
\&   $floating_point_number_0_to_1 = rand;
\&   $floating_point_number_0_to_88 = rand(88);
\&   $unsigned_32bit_int = irand;
\&
\&   ### OO interface:
\&   use Crypt::PRNG::Yarrow;
\&
\&   $prng = Crypt::PRNG::Yarrow\->new;
\&   #or
\&   $prng = Crypt::PRNG::Yarrow\->new("some data used for seeding PRNG");
\&
\&   $octets = $prng\->bytes(45);
\&   $hex_string = $prng\->bytes_hex(45);
\&   $base64_string = $prng\->bytes_b64(45);
\&   $base64url_string = $prng\->bytes_b64u(45);
\&   $alphanumeric_string = $prng\->string(30);
\&   $string = $prng\->string_from(\*(AqACGT\*(Aq, 64);
\&   $floating_point_number_0_to_1 = rand;
\&   $floating_point_number_0_to_88 = rand(88);
\&   $unsigned_32bit_int = irand;
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Provides an interface to the Yarrow based pseudo random number generator
.PP
All methods and functions are the same as for Crypt::PRNG.
.SH "FUNCTIONS"
.IX Header "FUNCTIONS"
.SS "random_bytes"
.IX Subsection "random_bytes"
See \*(L"random_bytes\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "random_bytes_hex"
.IX Subsection "random_bytes_hex"
See \*(L"random_bytes_hex\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "random_bytes_b64"
.IX Subsection "random_bytes_b64"
See \*(L"random_bytes_b64\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "random_bytes_b64u"
.IX Subsection "random_bytes_b64u"
See \*(L"random_bytes_b64u\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "random_string"
.IX Subsection "random_string"
See \*(L"random_string\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "random_string_from"
.IX Subsection "random_string_from"
See \*(L"random_string_from\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "rand"
.IX Subsection "rand"
See \*(L"rand\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "irand"
.IX Subsection "irand"
See \*(L"irand\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS "new"
.IX Subsection "new"
See \*(L"new\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "bytes"
.IX Subsection "bytes"
See \*(L"bytes\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "bytes_hex"
.IX Subsection "bytes_hex"
See \*(L"bytes_hex\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "bytes_b64"
.IX Subsection "bytes_b64"
See \*(L"bytes_b64\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "bytes_b64u"
.IX Subsection "bytes_b64u"
See \*(L"bytes_b64u\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "string"
.IX Subsection "string"
See \*(L"string\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "string_from"
.IX Subsection "string_from"
See \*(L"string_from\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "double"
.IX Subsection "double"
See \*(L"double\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS "int32"
.IX Subsection "int32"
See \*(L"int32\*(R" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
.IP "\(bu" 4
Crypt::PRNG
.IP "\(bu" 4
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrow_algorithm>