I need to port some JS code which involves Math.random()*2147483648)^(new Date).getTime(). While it looks like for smaller numbers, the python function and the JS function are equivalent in function, but with large numbers like this, the values end up entirely different.
Python:
>>> 2147483647 ^ 1257628307380
1257075044427
Javascript:
> 2147483647 ^ 1257628307380
-1350373301
How can I get the Javascript value from python?
Python has unlimited-precision integers, while Javascript is using a 32-bit integer. You can manually apply a 32-bit limit to get the result you want:
def xor32bit(a, b):
m = (a ^ b) % (2**32)
if m > (2**16):
m -= 2**32
return m
1 << 32 or directly 4294967296 instead of 2**32.
2**16 and 2**32.
Easiest way would be to use ctypes to get the same overflow behavior as Javascript:
>>> import ctypes
>>> ctypes.c_int(1257075044427)
c_long(-1350373301)
To get the value:
>>> ctypes.c_int(1257075044427).value
-1350373301
