Random Class Reference

A random number generator. More...

#include <Random.h++>

Public Member Functions
	Random ()
	Construct a new random number generator with a default seed which is based on a combination of the current thread ID, process ID, and system time. More...
	Random (uint32_t seed)
	Construct a new random number generator with the given seed. More...
	~Random ()
	Destructor. More...
uint32_t	nextInt (uint32_t range)
	Generate a random integer. More...
double	nextDouble ()
	Generate a random double value. More...
bool	getBytes (byte_t *buf, size_t len)
	Fill a byte buffer with random bytes. More...

Detailed Description

A random number generator.

Author

Mark Lindner

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Random() [1/2]

Random

(

)

Construct a new random number generator with a default seed which is based on a combination of the current thread ID, process ID, and system time.

Random() [2/2]

Random

(

uint32_t

seed

)

Construct a new random number generator with the given seed.

~Random()

~Random

(

)

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

getBytes()

bool getBytes	(	byte_t *	buf,
		size_t	len
	)

Fill a byte buffer with random bytes.

Parameters

buf	The buffer to fill.
len	The length of the buffer.

Returns

true on success, false otherwise.

nextDouble()

double nextDouble

(

)

Generate a random double value.

Returns

A double in the range [0.0, 1.0).

nextInt()

uint32_t nextInt

(

uint32_t

range

)

Generate a random integer.

Parameters

range

The desired range of the value to be returned.

Returns

An integer in the range [0, range).

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Random.h++
• Random.c++