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random/integer #292544 10/04/09 16:43 10/04/09 16:43
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 50 austria R roald OP Junior Member
roald OP Junior Member R Joined: May 2006 Posts: 50 austria	hi... well, can you tell me which algorithm GS uses to create random values (integer); you know that random is NOT random (higher values are generated more than lower values) thx roald

Re: random/integer [Re: roald] #292607 10/05/09 08:54 10/05/09 08:54
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 28,024 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 28,024 Frankfurt	Software programs are deterministic, thus you're right that nothing is random unless you plug in a hardware random generator. But of course there are no "higher values generated more than lower values". The distribution is pretty even. For details about the algorithm you could probably get information on the Microsoft VC++ forum. The random functions are part of the standard C library.

Re: random/integer [Re: jcl] #292611 10/05/09 09:59 10/05/09 09:59
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 50 austria R roald OP Junior Member
roald OP Junior Member R Joined: May 2006 Posts: 50 austria	thx for your fast reply... well, generating 100 000 values (range 1 -100) 50 times i HAVE a divergence at higher values... but, as you recommended, i will read the microsoft VC++ docs... thx again dietmar Last edited by roald; 10/05/09 10:01.

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