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Get random number from random org
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class RandomOrg
require "net/http"
require "thread"
def initialize(min=0,max=1,buff=1000,slack=300)
@site = "www.random.org"
@min, @max = min, max
@bufsize, @slack = buff, slack
@buffer = Queue.new
@url = "/cgi-bin/randnum?num=nnn&min=#@min&max=#@max&col=1"
@thread = Thread.new { fillbuffer }
end
def fillbuffer
h = Net::HTTP.new(@site, 80)
true_url = @url.sub(/nnn/,"#{@bufsize-@slack}")
resp, data = h.get(true_url, nil)
data.split.each {|x| @buffer.enq x }
end
def rand
if @buffer.size < @slack
if ! @thread.alive?
@thread = Thread.new { fillbuffer }
end
end
num = nil
num = @buffer.deq until num!=nil
num.to_i
end
end
t = RandomOrg.new(1,6,1000,300)
count = {1=>0, 2=>0, 3=>0, 4=>0, 5=>0, 6=>0}
10000.times do |n|
x = t.rand
count[x] += 1
end
p count
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