From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval <baltakatei@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 02:30:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: feat(unitproc/bktemp-randFloat):random float string generator
X-Git-Tag: 0.5.0~52
X-Git-Url: https://zdv2.bktei.com/gitweb/BK-2020-03.git/commitdiff_plain/891bb4bd2a14c4c91f94de6cd17b944a12e87194?hp=--cc

feat(unitproc/bktemp-randFloat):random float string generator
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891bb4bd2a14c4c91f94de6cd17b944a12e87194
diff --git a/unitproc/bktemp-randFloat b/unitproc/bktemp-randFloat
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#==BEGIN Function Definitions==
+randFloat() {
+    # Desc: Output random float with no newline
+    # Usage: randFloat arg1
+    # Inputs: arg1: number of decimal places
+    # Output: stdout: float as decimal string
+    # Version: 0.0.1
+    # Note: Outputs float from 0.000... to 0.999...
+    # Note: Default number of decimals is 5.
+    # Ref/Attrib: Integer test regular expression https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923
+
+    # Validate input
+    if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+    	: # do nothing
+    elif [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
+    	arg1=$1;
+    	RETEST1='^[0-9]+$'
+    	if ! [[ $arg1 =~ $RETEST1 ]]; then
+    	    echo "ERROR:Not an integer." >&2; exit 1;
+    	fi;
+    else
+    	echo "ERROR:Invalid number of arguments:${@}";
+    fi;
+
+    # Produce output
+    decimals="$(head -c ${arg1:-5} < <(LC_ALL=C tr -cd "[:digit:]" < <(cat /dev/urandom)))";
+    echo 0."$decimals";
+}
+#==END Function Definitions==
+
+#==BEGIN sample code==
+dec=70
+time randFloat;
+time (randFloat && randFloat && randFloat && randFloat && randFloat && randFloat && randFloat && randFloat && randFloat && randFloat);
+time (randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec" && randFloat "$dec");
+time (randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null && randFloat "$dec" &>/dev/null);
+#==END sample code==