rand function

[bob]

what algorithm does the rand function use?

[Ian Collins]

bo*@coolgroups.com wrote:

what algorithm does the rand function use?

Read the man, info or whatever page and find out!

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Ian Collins.

[Cy Edmunds]

<bo*@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
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what algorithm does the rand function use?

The algorithm isn't specified in the standard (the C standard in this case).
Note that it is only required to deliver 16 bits. See the value of RAND_MAX
for your compiler.

[osmium]

<bo*@coolgroups.com> wrote:

what algorithm does the rand function use?

As mentioned elsewhere, whatever the deigner chooses to use.

The link below suggests:

static unsigned long int next = 1;

int rand(void) // RAND_MAX assumed to be 32767
{
next = next * 1103515245 + 12345;
return (unsigned int)(next/65536) % 32768;
}

is at least acceptable. If one wanted a quick and dirty generator with
uniform results across different platforms, one might use that. Calling
rand() will likely give different results with different compilers. I
recall seeing that 12345 in a snippet elsewhere on the net, too.

http://cer.freeshell.org/renma/