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1 /* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
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27 #ifndef __G_RAND_H__
28 #define __G_RAND_H__
30 #include <glib/gtypes.h>
32 G_BEGIN_DECLS
34 typedef struct _GRand GRand;
36 /* GRand - a good and fast random number generator: Mersenne Twister
37 * see http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~matumoto/emt.html for more info.
38 * The range functions return a value in the intervall [begin, end).
39 * int -> [0..2^32-1]
40 * int_range -> [begin..end-1]
41 * double -> [0..1)
42 * double_range -> [begin..end)
45 GRand* g_rand_new_with_seed (guint32 seed);
46 GRand* g_rand_new_with_seed_array (const guint32 *seed,
47 guint seed_length);
48 GRand* g_rand_new (void);
49 void g_rand_free (GRand *rand_);
50 GRand* g_rand_copy (GRand *rand_);
51 void g_rand_set_seed (GRand *rand_,
52 guint32 seed);
53 void g_rand_set_seed_array (GRand *rand_,
54 const guint32 *seed,
55 guint seed_length);
57 #define g_rand_boolean(rand_) ((g_rand_int (rand_) & (1 << 15)) != 0)
59 guint32 g_rand_int (GRand *rand_);
60 gint32 g_rand_int_range (GRand *rand_,
61 gint32 begin,
62 gint32 end);
63 gdouble g_rand_double (GRand *rand_);
64 gdouble g_rand_double_range (GRand *rand_,
65 gdouble begin,
66 gdouble end);
67 void g_random_set_seed (guint32 seed);
69 #define g_random_boolean() ((g_random_int () & (1 << 15)) != 0)
71 guint32 g_random_int (void);
72 gint32 g_random_int_range (gint32 begin,
73 gint32 end);
74 gdouble g_random_double (void);
75 gdouble g_random_double_range (gdouble begin,
76 gdouble end);
79 G_END_DECLS
81 #endif /* __G_RAND_H__ */