Uniform(...) method

[Curious]

Hi,

I am writing a class Distribution that inherits from Random class

public class Distribution : System.Random
{
public int Uniform(int min, int max)
{
return this.Uniform(min, max);
}

}

Now I wrote the new Uniform method, and I'm acessing the base method
having this name.

When I execute the application, a runtime error is given:
StackOverflowEception.

Distribution d = new Distribution();
d.Uniform(0, 5);

Can someone give some help regarding this method, because I cannot find
anything about it on the net.

Thanks in Advance

[Abubakar]

Hi,
you are calling a recursive function infinitely so it gives stackoverflow
message. this.Uniform means the Uniform function of the class you are in
right now, and since u r already in Uniform function a recursive call to it
starts, which goes on untill stack overflows. You should fix this.

Ab.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"Curious" <th****@mail.global.net.mt> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am writing a class Distribution that inherits from Random class

public class Distribution : System.Random
{
public int Uniform(int min, int max)
{
return this.Uniform(min, max);
}

}

Now I wrote the new Uniform method, and I'm acessing the base method
having this name.

When I execute the application, a runtime error is given:
StackOverflowEception.

Distribution d = new Distribution();
d.Uniform(0, 5);

Can someone give some help regarding this method, because I cannot find
anything about it on the net.

Thanks in Advance

[Ramneek]

Hello,

In case you want to make this work then you need to put some logic in the
Uniform method to exit out of the recursive loop. Example you could use a
counter to let this run for a certain number of times and then exit out of
the loop.

Hope this helps...
Ramneek

"Abubakar" wrote:

Hi,
you are calling a recursive function infinitely so it gives stackoverflow
message. this.Uniform means the Uniform function of the class you are in
right now, and since u r already in Uniform function a recursive call to it
starts, which goes on untill stack overflows. You should fix this.

Ab.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"Curious" <th****@mail.global.net.mt> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am writing a class Distribution that inherits from Random class

public class Distribution : System.Random
{
public int Uniform(int min, int max)
{
return this.Uniform(min, max);
}

}

Now I wrote the new Uniform method, and I'm acessing the base method
having this name.

When I execute the application, a runtime error is given:
StackOverflowEception.

Distribution d = new Distribution();
d.Uniform(0, 5);

Can someone give some help regarding this method, because I cannot find
anything about it on the net.

Thanks in Advance

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Curious <th****@mail.global.net.mt> wrote:

I am writing a class Distribution that inherits from Random class

public class Distribution : System.Random
{
public int Uniform(int min, int max)
{
return this.Uniform(min, max);
}

}

Now I wrote the new Uniform method, and I'm acessing the base method
having this name.

No you're not - you're accessing the method you're calling it from. I
suspect you meant:

return base.Uniform(min, max);
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[Jeremy Williams]

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.com> wrote in message
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Curious <th****@mail.global.net.mt> wrote:

I am writing a class Distribution that inherits from Random class

public class Distribution : System.Random
{
public int Uniform(int min, int max)
{
return this.Uniform(min, max);
}

}

Now I wrote the new Uniform method, and I'm acessing the base method
having this name.

No you're not - you're accessing the method you're calling it from. I
suspect you meant:

return base.Uniform(min, max);
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

That was what I thought he wanted also, except that I cannot find a Uniform
method on the System.Random class (either in 1.1 or 2.0), so it is *very*
unclear what the OP was trying to do!