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.IX Title "Crypt::PRNG::RC4 3pm"
.TH Crypt::PRNG::RC4 3pm 2024-03-07 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Crypt::PRNG::RC4 \- Cryptographically secure PRNG based on RC4 (stream cipher) algorithm
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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\&   ### Functional interface:
\&   use Crypt::PRNG::RC4 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::RC4;
\&
\&   $prng = Crypt::PRNG::RC4\->new;
\&   #or
\&   $prng = Crypt::PRNG::RC4\->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 RC4 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 "random_bytes" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS random_bytes_hex
.IX Subsection "random_bytes_hex"
See "random_bytes_hex" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS random_bytes_b64
.IX Subsection "random_bytes_b64"
See "random_bytes_b64" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS random_bytes_b64u
.IX Subsection "random_bytes_b64u"
See "random_bytes_b64u" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS random_string
.IX Subsection "random_string"
See "random_string" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS random_string_from
.IX Subsection "random_string_from"
See "random_string_from" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS rand
.IX Subsection "rand"
See "rand" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS irand
.IX Subsection "irand"
See "irand" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SH METHODS
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS new
.IX Subsection "new"
See "new" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS bytes
.IX Subsection "bytes"
See "bytes" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS bytes_hex
.IX Subsection "bytes_hex"
See "bytes_hex" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS bytes_b64
.IX Subsection "bytes_b64"
See "bytes_b64" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS bytes_b64u
.IX Subsection "bytes_b64u"
See "bytes_b64u" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS string
.IX Subsection "string"
See "string" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS string_from
.IX Subsection "string_from"
See "string_from" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS double
.IX Subsection "double"
See "double" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SS int32
.IX Subsection "int32"
See "int32" in Crypt::PRNG.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
.IP \(bu 4
Crypt::PRNG
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC4_cipher>