(Lianja) Generating Repeatable Random Data for Testing/Debugging

Demonstrates how to use the Fortuna PRNG to generate random-looking but repeatable non-random data for the purpose of testing and debugging.

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// All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
// by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
loChilkatGlob = createobject("CkGlobal")
llSuccess = loChilkatGlob.UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loChilkatGlob.LastErrorText
    release loChilkatGlob
    return
endif

loFortuna = createobject("CkPrng")

// Normally an application would seed the PRNG with entropy from
// some real random source.  However, sometimes we want the same
// random sequence of bytes for testing and debugging purposes.
// This a reason why GetEntropy and AddEntropy are two different methods.
// An application could omit the call to GetEntropy, and instead pass
// non-random data to AddEntropy. For example:

// Seed the PRNG with non-entropy, so we get a repeatable sequence.
// Note: AddEntropy can be called any number of times.
llSuccess = loFortuna.AddEntropy("01020304","hex")
llSuccess = loFortuna.AddEntropy("hello world","ascii")

// Generate some random data:
lcStrRandHex = loFortuna.GenRandom(16,"hex")
lcStrRandBase64 = loFortuna.GenRandom(22,"base64")
lcStrRandBase58 = loFortuna.GenRandom(32,"base58")

? "hex random bytes: " + lcStrRandHex
? "base64 random bytes: " + lcStrRandBase64
? "base58 random bytes: " + lcStrRandBase58

// Try it again with a different object to verify that the same results are obtained:
loFortuna2 = createobject("CkPrng")

llSuccess = loFortuna2.AddEntropy("01020304","hex")
llSuccess = loFortuna2.AddEntropy("hello world","ascii")

lcStrRandHex = loFortuna2.GenRandom(16,"hex")
lcStrRandBase64 = loFortuna2.GenRandom(22,"base64")
lcStrRandBase58 = loFortuna2.GenRandom(32,"base58")

? "hex random bytes: " + lcStrRandHex
? "base64 random bytes: " + lcStrRandBase64
? "base58 random bytes: " + lcStrRandBase58


release loChilkatGlob
release loFortuna
release loFortuna2