Cryptographically random data
suggest change// Create an array with a fixed size and type.
var array = new Uint8Array(5);
// Generate cryptographically random values
crypto.getRandomValues(array);
// Print the array to the console
console.log(array);
crypto.getRandomValues(array)
can be used with instances of the following classes (described further in http://stackoverflow.com/documentation/javascript/417/binary-data#t=201607192101507088285) and will generate values from the given ranges (both ends inclusive):
Int8Array
: -27 to 27-1Uint8Array
: 0 to 28-1Int16Array
: -215 to 215-1Uint16Array
: 0 to 216-1Int32Array
: -231 to 231-1Uint32Array
: 0 to 231-1
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